7 arrested, 2 charged in absentia for connections with “criminal underworld”
The Ministry said the investigation had established the individuals had identified a client in Turkey who purchased a “large amount” of gold items from them, which were later found to be fake. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tweet 
Share
Police have arrested seven individuals for their connections with and membership in “criminal underworld” in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi, the city of Rustavi and the Black Sea region of Adjara, with two charged in absentia, the Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday.
A total of four individuals were accused of membership in “criminal underworld,” while remaining five persons were arrested for supporting activities of the latter and appealing to its member.
The Ministry said the investigation had established the individuals had identified a client in Turkey who purchased a “large amount” of gold items from them, which were later found to be fake.
The involved individuals then arranged a “thief-in-law trials” to resolve the resulting dispute, the state body said, with Mindia Lavasogli, Jeyran Kintsurashvili and Zviad Papiashvili - members of the “criminal underworld” based abroad - participating in the dispute “personally and remotely”.
Law enforcement seized mobile phones the defendants used to communicate with each other and with the members of the “criminal underworld” abroad.
The crime is punishable by three to 10 years of imprisonment.
Police have arrested nine individuals on charges of “membership in the criminal underworld” and using criminal authorities to settle a financial dispute, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Thursday.
Police have arrested nine individuals on charges of “membership in the criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle a financial dispute, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Tuesday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor’s Office have arrested nine individuals in a joint operation for their membership in the ‘criminal underworld’ and extorting taxi drivers.
Police have detained three individuals for ‘membership in criminal underworld’ and supporting thieves-in-law (criminal authorities) in Tbilisi and Black Sea town of Batumi today.
Law enforcers of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Saturday arrested eight individuals in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and the country’s western cities of Chiatura and Sachkere on charges of “membership in the criminal underworld” and “use of criminal authorities to gain material benefit or material advantage”, the Ministry said.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday said it had arrested three individuals for connections with the “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday said it had arrested 13 individuals for connections with “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday said it had arrested 13 individuals across the country for connections with the “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
Employees of the Georgian Central Police Department’s unit for combating organised crime have arrested five individuals, including a foreign citizen, in capital Tbilisi and the Black Sea city of Batumi for connections with “criminal underworld” and violence, the state body said on Friday.
Police officers of the Main Division for Combating Organised Crime under the Georgian Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department have arrested 18 individuals in Tbilisi and other regions of the country for connections with “criminal underworld” and requesting help from “thieves-in-law”, the Ministry said on Tuesday.