TBILISI, October 5 – Georgian police have arrested a previously convicted man on suspicion of murdering a 35-year-old man in Gardabani municipality, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Monday. The killing took place in the village of Nazarlo. Initial reports late Sunday cited by Interpressnews said the victim had suffered a knife wound and died … Read more
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgian authorities have charged 94 people in a major organized-crime case targeting the country’s so-called “thieves-in-law” underworld network. Police said 80 people were arrested during raids in Tbilisi and several regions over a 24-hour period. Another 14 were to be charged either in prison or in absentia, including one alleged “thief-in-law” … Read more
TBILISI, September 16 – A Tbilisi court on Wednesday sentenced former State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili to 13 years in prison for corruption. The judge at Tbilisi City Court found Liluashvili guilty in four cases, involving the Tbilisi kindergarten management agency, fraudulent call centers and two bribery episodes involving former deputy economy minister Romeo … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – Georgian police have arrested a foreign national in connection with the death of Abkhaz blogger Daur Buava. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said Saturday that Buava and the suspect were friends and had been spending time together at the apartment where Buava was staying in the Didi Dighomi district of Tbilisi. … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – A middle-aged man was killed in Tbilisi’s Avlabari district on Friday, according to local reports. The circumstances surrounding the killing were not immediately clear, and the motive remained unknown. No suspect had been detained at the time Interpressnews reported the murder. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs told the news agency that … Read more
TBILISI, August 7 – Authorities in the country Georgia have arrested three people and opened criminal cases against four others for allegedly producing fake whisky and other alcoholic drinks for sale in shops and bars. The Finance Ministry’s Investigation Service said Friday that the group had been making counterfeit alcohol in makeshift production facilities using … Read more
TBILISI, August 6 – Georgian police have detained two teenage girls in the investigation into the fatal beating of teacher Giga Avaliani, nearly ten months after the attack and after several other defendants had already been convicted. The two were detained on Wednesday night, Interpressnews reported. The first girl, reportedly 16 years old, is a … Read more
TBILISI, August 3 – Georgian police have arrested two people accused of attacking and robbing a foreign national on a street in Tbilisi. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said the suspects assaulted the victim and stole mobile phones and money before fleeing the scene. Officers from the Old Tbilisi division arrested both suspects shortly after … Read more
TBILISI, August 1 – Two former Georgian servicemen were wounded in a knife attack after an argument at a restaurant in central Gori late Thursday, according to Georgian media. The incident began inside a restaurant on Stalin Street and later spilled outside, Interpressnews reported shortly after 1 am on Friday. Witnesses said an argument between … Read more
TBILISI, July 29 – A court in Georgia has released a former police officer on bail after prosecutors accused him of unlawfully keeping and sharing intimate photos of women and stalking one of them. Zugdidi District Court set bail at 60,000 GEL on Wednesday. The prosecution itself requested bail as the preventive measure, according to … Read more