Saturday, May 30, 2026

Georgia opens probe after video shows police brutality

TBILISI, May 28 – Georgian prosecutors have opened an investigation after video spread online showing a group of police officers physically assaulting two men in Gori, a city in central Georgia. The incident happened Wednesday in the so-called Kombinati settlement. Footage published by local outlet Kartlis Ambebi shows several law enforcement officers using physical force … Read more

Anti-corruption officer found dead with gunshot wound

TBILISI, May 23 – An employee of Georgia’s anti-corruption agency was found dead in his own car in the central Georgian town of Khashuri on Saturday, prosecutors said. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the man was found on Tabidze Street with a gunshot wound from his own firearm. The officer worked for the Anti-Corruption Agency … Read more

Fatal stabbing in Guria, Georgia

TBILISI, May 20 – A young man was killed in western Georgia’s Guria region after an argument turned deadly, police said Wednesday. The killing happened in the village of Kokhnari, in Chokhatauri municipality. According to Interpressnews, the victim was a man under the age of 35. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said police in Guria … Read more

Georgia arrests 44 in crackdown on alleged underworld network

TBILISI, April 7 – Georgian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 44 people in a nationwide operation targeting suspects linked to the country’s criminal underworld, with charges also set to be filed in absentia against six more. The announcement was made by Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze at a briefing, where he said one of … Read more

Municipal employee arrested for alleged bribery

TBILISI, April 7 – A municipal employee in eastern Georgia has been arrested on suspicion of demanding and taking a bribe in exchange for signing off on procurement-related paperwork, Georgian investigators said Tuesday. The employee worked as a senior specialist in the supervision and technical division of the Gardabani municipal mayor’s office, according to Georgia’s … Read more

Foreign nationals among nine arrested in drug crackdown

TBILISI, March 28 – Georgian law enforcement authorities said Saturday they had arrested nine people on drug-related charges in a multi-region operation. According to the ministry, the arrests were carried out at different times by officers from the Central Criminal Police Department as well as police units in Adjara, Tbilisi, and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. The ministry … Read more

Man arrested after fatal assault in Dusheti

TBILISI, March 28 – Georgian police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal assault in the mountainous Dusheti municipality, after what the Interior Ministry described as a domestic dispute turned deadly. The ministry said officers from the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Police Department’s Dusheti district division detained a 39 year old suspect on suspicion of intentional … Read more

51 arrested in nationwide weapons raids

TBILISI, March 11 – Georgian police said Wednesday they had seized dozens of illegal firearms, ammunition and explosive materials across the country over the past two days, with 51 people detained in a broad security operation. The announcement was made at a briefing by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, who said the searches … Read more

Court hears details of alleged USD 5 million contract killing

TBILISI, March 6 – A Tbilisi court has begun hearing a complex case involving the murdered Georgian businessman Levan Jangveladze, with multiple suspects and links to international criminal networks. The trial is being held at the Tbilisi City Court, where several defendants are accused of participating in the premeditated contract killing of Jangveladze. During one … Read more