Police arrest 5 for connections with “criminal underworld”
Law enforcers seized “computer items”, drugs and mobile phones used for communication between the group. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Police have arrested five individuals for connections with and membership in “criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle financial disputes in Tbilisi and the western region of Samegrelo, the Georgian interior ministry said on Monday.
Two out of five offenders had mediated between two parties to settle financial disputes for personal benefits, the state body said.
The ministry also said members of the “criminal underworld” had “regularly participated” in the financial disputes through instructions of ‘thieves-in-law’, and had extorted cash and expensive items from citizens.
Law enforcers seized “computer items”, drugs and mobile phones used for communication between the group.
The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Police arrested six individuals in Tbilisi earlier on Thursday with charges of illegal deprivation of liberty, financial extortion, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, and failure to report a crime.
Police have arrested four individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and extortion in Borjomi, Rustavi and the Imereti region.
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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained 13 individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and requesting the mediation of ‘criminal bosses’ to settle a dispute.
The prosecutor general’s office of Georgia has charged five individuals for connections with and membership in “criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle financial disputes in Tbilisi and the western region of Samegrelo, the state body said on Thursday.