Prosecutor’s Office charges 2 for crimes including robbery, extortion
In its statement, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia said an inquiry by the Interior Ministry had revealed the arrested individuals had verbally and physically assaulted a 68-year-old man and extorted money from him. Photo: pog.gov.ge.
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The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has charged two individuals with gang robbery, damage to health, extortion of money and inhumane treatment committed in Georgia’s eastern Kvareli municipality, the state body said on Wednesday.
In its statement, the Office said an inquiry by the Interior Ministry had revealed the arrested individuals had verbally and physically assaulted a 68-year-old man and extorted money from him.
The offenders had also forced the victim to commit specific actions “humiliating to his honour and dignity”, the state body said, recording the process and threatening the victim with releasing the footage unless paid.
The two individuals are set to face up to 10 years in prison.
Five individuals have been arrested, with wider proceedings launched against a group of 17 persons, by the Prosecutor's Office and interior ministry for extortion of tens of millions of GEL from foreign citizens and money laundering.
The Georgian law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with Germany, have arrested seven members of an international criminal group in Georgia which ‘fraudulently embezzled millions of euros from German citizens and laundering of illegal income.’
Georgia’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office has detained five former employees of Gldani #8 and Rustavi #6 prisons, who systematically abused and mistreated prisoners in 2011-2012, under the United Movement leadership.
The Gurjaani District Court in Georgia’s east has sentenced two individuals, including a minor, for disclosure of personal information, inhumane treatment and group violence against a 68-year-old man, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia announced on Friday.