Prosecutor General’s annual report shows 272 corruption inquiries in 2021
The main takeaways of the document also included a development strategy of the state body, in addition to criminal policy, juvenile jurisdiction, professional qualification, proactive informing of the public, efforts for raising trust and international relations. Photo: pog.gov.ge
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The principal 2021 achievements, challenges and ongoing priorities of the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia were in focus in the annual report presented by the Prosecutor General Irakli Shotadze to the Parliament this week.
Shotadze presented figures from the past year to lawmakers, revealing 117 public servants and law enforcement employees had been among the 431 individuals charged with committing crime throughout 2021.
His report said 59 out of the 117 individuals were representatives of the Interior Ministry and local self-government bodies.
In 2021, investigations were launched into 272 criminal cases related to corruption offences, Shotadze told MPs, adding complaints, information obtained from law enforcement operational activities and data provided by the State Audit Office and the Financial Monitoring Service had been used for the inquiries.
The Prosecutor’s Office also launched criminal prosecution against 280 individuals, including 16 legal entities. The Prosecutor General also revealed a 50-60 percent reduction in the number of convicted adults and underage individuals since 2010, with 23,684 inmates in penitentiary facilities in 2010 compared to 9,203 in 2021.
The main takeaways of the document also included a development strategy of the state body, in addition to criminal policy, juvenile jurisdiction, professional qualification, proactive informing of the public, efforts for raising trust and international relations.
Shotadze said its current priorities were combating inhumane treatment, intolerance offenses, money laundering, trafficking and transnational crime.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia launched criminal prosecution against 5,144 individuals throughout the country for domestic violence and violence against women throughout 2021, the state body said on Monday.
Electronic surveillance of those charged with domestic violence will be used in Georgia to reduce the risk of recurring crimes, the Prosecution Service of Georgia announced on Tuesday.
4,633 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2020, which is 5.4 per cent more compared to the previous year, Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze said while presenting his body’s annual report today.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 45th among 180 countries and territories worldwide, and above all Eastern European and Central Asian states.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Monday congratulated employees of the Prosecutor’s Office on their professional day by praising the institution as “a stronghold of law and order”.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged a Turkish businessman for illegal purchase and possession of “especially large amounts” of drugs in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi, the Office said on Thursday.
Prosecutor General of Georgia Irakli Shotadze on Thursday met George Gascón, the Los Angeles County District Attorney, within the scope of his working visit to the United States.
The Office of Prosecutor General on Friday accused lawyer Irakli Chomakhashvili of “spreading fake information” with claims around an incident that saw a taxi driver represented by him charged with mistreatment of Lithuanian and Russian tourists in April.
Employees of the anti-corruption agency of the state security service, on Saturday, held an information meeting to raise awareness about corruption and abuse of official powers in Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi in the Imereti region, the service said.
Prosecutor general of Georgia Irakli Shotadze on Monday told the conference of the International Association of Prosecutors it was “especially important” for Georgian authorities to investigate war crimes committed by Russia during the 2008 war between the two countries.
The anti-corruption agency of Georgia’s state security service on Thursday held a meeting sharing experience in combating corruption and abuse of power with local officials in the western regions of Guria and Adjara.
Revaz Javelidze, the head of the Georgian government administration, on Tuesday briefed an international, high-level anti-corruption conference in the Hague over the “effective steps” being taken by his country’s authorities in combating corruption.
A penitentiary facility of the highest European standards will be opened in 2023 in the small town of Laituri in Georgia’s west, designed for about 700 prisoners and tailored to the needs of convicts and facility staff, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday.
Georgia has extradited an individual sought under an Interpol Red Notice for particularly grave crimes to the United States, the Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday.