Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of Georgia’s Co-Investment Fund and a former close associate of billionaire and ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has been detained by Georgian authorities following what his legal team describes as a “forcib...
Officers from the Didube-Chughureti and Old Tbilisi Divisions of the Tbilisi Police Department, under Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, have arrested three individuals on drug-related charges following a series of operations and investigative a...
The governments of Latvia and Lithuania have expressed deep concern over the detention of Georgian opposition politician Zurab Japaridze, issuing statements on social media platform X on May 24. The Latvian Embassy in Georgia stated that "repressive ...
Tbilisi police have arrested one individual on serious drug-related charges, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia announced on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as G.M., born in 1987, is accused of illegally purchasing, possessing, and distri...
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced concern over the detention of Georgian opposition leader Zurab Japaridze and the opaque nature of his legal proceedings. In a post on X, the Ministry called on Georgian authorities to "uphold democrati...
The lawyer representing detained opposition leader Zurab Japaridze has raised concerns over restrictions preventing the publication of his client's letters from prison. Irakli Chomakhashvili, Japaridze's legal counsel, said on Friday that he was una...
A man has been arrested in Georgia’s capital on suspicion of drug trafficking after police discovered nearly 1,000 ecstasy pills during a search of his residence. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed that Z.N., born in 1980, was detained as a ...
Tbilisi City Court Judge Irakli Shvangiradze ordered the arrest of Zurab Japaridze, leader of the More Freedom - Girchi party and a key figure in the Coalition for Change, replacing his bail with pre-trial detention during a hearing on May 22. Japari...
Fifteen foreign nationals have been expelled from Georgia as part of a coordinated operation targeting illegal migration, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Thursday. The deportations were carried out in recent days by the Migr...
Two Latvian citizens have been arrested in western Georgia on suspicion of drug trafficking, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) confirmed on Thursday. The MIA said the arrests followed a series of operational and investigative actions ...
