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, 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
TBILISI, September 6 – Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against 32 people accused of being members or supporters of the so-called “thieves-in-law,” a Soviet-era criminal network still active in parts of the region. According to investigators, the accused organized illegal meetings known as “thieves’ gatherings” to settle financial disputes on behalf of crime bosses, … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Penitentiary authorities in Georgia have unleashed “prisoners managed by the administration” to systematically carry out “verbal attacks, threats and aggression” against representatives of the Public Defender’s Office, Ombudswoman Nino Lomjaria said on Wednesday. The PDO earlier released a report claiming the management model of semi-open prisons was based on an informal hierarchy of prisoners, … Read more
The perpetrators of deadly shooting in Sokhumi center are still at large despite efforts by the regime law enforcers who have blocked almost all roads and checkpoints in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia. At the same time, the de facto officials reveal the identity and possible motives of the crime. Two men, both 38 years … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia does not plan to review its policy towards the mafia, but the head of the judiciary committee in parliament says the laws targeting criminal organizations are vague.
One of the stated priorities of former president Mikheil
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prison Minister Sozar Subari on Friday responded to accusations made by the National Movement yesterday that the government has allowed the mafia to make a comeback in Georgian prisons.
Prisoners with influence over other inmates, called supervisors,