Justice Minister says “all necessary measures” taken for search of 3 prisoners escaped from medical facility
The Minister called on the prisoners to surrender to law enforcement and “their liability for the offence committed today might be mitigated”. Anyone found responsible for not "fulfilling their legal liability" to prevent the crime would be brought to justice, Bregadze stressed. Photo via Justice Ministry
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Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Wednesday said “all necessary operative and search measures” were being taken to arrest three prisoners, who had escaped from custody earlier today while having a medical examination in the Aversi Clinic.
Bregadze noted the escaped prisoners did not pose a threat to society, adding “this type of crime happens in every country”.
The Minister called on the prisoners to surrender to law enforcement and “their liability for the offence committed today might be mitigated”. Anyone found responsible for not "fulfilling their legal liability" to prevent the crime would be brought to justice, Bregadze stressed.
He also urged the family members and relatives of the escaped prisoners not to provide “any kind of assistance” to the criminals, as it would be considered as “a serious crime” and they would be punished “with the full severity of the law”.
Rati Bregadze, the Georgian Justice Minister, on Tuesday said his body had implemented “all procedures” for termination of Georgian citizenship for Otar Partskhaladze, the former Prosecutor General of Georgia, who was in September sanctioned by the United States for his alleged links with Russian intelligence.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said its professionals had arrested one individual on charges of human trafficking.
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.
Irakli Shotadze, the Prosecutor General of Georgia, on Tuesday said an individual wanted by Italy under the Interpol Red Circular for participating in an organised crime group had been arrested in Georgia.
Georgia’s Ministry of Justice on Thursday confirmed to the TV Imedi channel the arrest of an 18-year-old prisoner who had escaped from custody while receiving medical examination in a clinic in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Thursday said the three prisoners who had escaped from custody while receiving medical examination in a clinic in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi had been arrested.