Police arrest foreign citizen for human trafficking
Following the arrest, the police officers seized the passports and money, as well as mobile phones and computer equipment as evidence. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said its professionals had arrested a foreign citizen on charges of human trafficking in Georgia’s western Zestaponi municipality.
As the investigation established, the offender had promised three citizens of Thailand to employ them in a beauty salon in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi, after which he had deprived them of their identity documents and forced them to provide sexual services to clients in exchange for certain payments.
Following the arrest, the police officers seized the passports and money, as well as mobile phones and computer equipment as evidence.
The crime is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 to 15 years.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said its professionals, together with the General Prosecutor's Office, detained four individuals on charges of trafficking minors.
The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Interior Ministry of Georgia have arrested 11 individuals for providing a venue for and supporting prostitution in the capital Tbilisi.
Georgian law enforcement officers have arrested 62 individuals for drug crimes, including 46 who have been charged with drug trafficking, with the group including both Georgian and foreign citizens.
A new project designed to help Georgian agencies combat human trafficking and supported by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe was launched on Friday. The project, entitled Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: Sustaining Multi-Agency Collaboration through National Simulation Based Training Exercises, aims to facilitate the introduction of simulation-based training exercises on trafficking in Georgia.
The Georgian Government has maintained the “highest level” of performance in combating human trafficking, the United States Department of State has said in its annual 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report, published on Thursday.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday said law enforcements had detained an individual on charges of trafficking minors.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday said law enforcement officers had arrested eight individuals for fraudulently overcharging tourists for services and products ordered at a club in Tbilisi.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Saturday said its professionals had arrested four individuals, including Georgian and foreign citizens, on charges of human trafficking.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said its professionals had arrested one individual on charges of human trafficking.