18 arrested for connections with “criminal underworld”
The state body said the offenders had been in contact with “criminal authorities” residing abroad in order to settle financial disputes between Georgian citizens and receive “personal benefits”. Photo: The Georgian Interior Ministry
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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.
The state body said the offenders had been in contact with “criminal authorities” residing abroad in order to settle financial disputes between Georgian citizens and receive “personal benefits”.
The offenders organised “criminal disputes” at different locations, made decisions and tasked one of the disputing parties to make a payment to the other side, it added.
The body said its investigation had found the arrested individuals also verbally and physically assaulted their victims after the latter disobeyed their instructions.
Police officers seized firearms, cartridges, illegal drugs, cash, computer equipment and mobile phones during a related search.
The crimes are punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
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 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.
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 Georgian Interior Ministry has detained three individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and ‘requesting help from criminal bosses to settle a dispute’.
Police officers of the Main Division for Combating Organised Crime under the Georgian Interior Ministry’s Central Criminal Police Department have arrested one individual and charged two others for connections with “criminal underworld” and requesting help from “thieves-in-law”, the Ministry said on Saturday.