Revenue Service: 120 cases of illegal storage, transportation of excise-free tobacco in March
A total of 13,000 cigarette cartons, including 340 electronic cigarettes, were seized throughout the country by professionals of the Tax Monitoring Department of the Service. Photo via Revenue Service/Facebook
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Georgian authorities identified 120 cases of illegal storage and transportation of excise-free tobacco products in the country in March, the Revenue Service announced on Tuesday.
A total of 13,000 cigarette cartons, including 340 electronic cigarettes, were seized throughout the country by professionals of the Tax Monitoring Department of the Service.
The state body also noted administrative offence protocols had been drawn up on 71 of the incidents, with case materials sent to court, while four cases were sent to the Investigation Service of the Georgian Finance Ministry. The remaining 45 cases were classified as unidentified.
Georgian police have arrested 10 individuals, including foreign citizens, for illegal drug-dealing in Tbilisi and other regions of the country.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Finance Ministry has charged three and detained one individual for operating illegal gambling businesses in the country's western Adjara and Samegrelo regions, the state body announced on Tuesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday arrested one individual for selling counterfeit money in large quantities.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia on Wednesday said it had arrested an Iranian citizen for laundering “especially large amounts” of money between the years 2017-2020.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Tuesday said it had launched proceedings against an individual after identifying “illegal entrepreneurial activity”, legalisation of illicit income and tax evasion in the country’s Black Sea region of Adjara.
Customs officers of the Georgian Revenue Service seized about $187,397 in undeclared money at the Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital and Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the state service announced on Wednesday.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday said its professionals had detained an individual for operating a fraudulent scheme that promised citizens illegal immigration into the United States via Mexico.
Customs officers at the Kazbegi checkpoint on Georgia's northern border with Russia have seized about ₾768,250 ($307,344) worth of undeclared mobile phones, the Revenue Service said on Monday.
Georgia’s Revenue Service on Tuesday said its professionals had prevented an attempt of smuggling of a “large quantity” of drugs across the south-western border with Turkey.
Georgia’s Revenue Service on Friday said its professionals had prevented an attempt of smuggling of a “large quantity” of undeclared tobacco products over the country’s southern border.
Georgian customs officers have seized ₾41,540 ($16,007) in undeclared silver items on the Sarpi border crossing with Turkey in the country’s south-west, the Revenue Service said on Wednesday.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance seized $56,601 worth of excise-free tobacco throughout the country in May, the body said in its update of statistics on Thursday.