Georgia

The Georgia subcategory highlights investigative reports focused on corruption, organized crime, and financial misconduct within Georgia. Delve into detailed exposés that uncover local criminal networks, political corruption, and cross-border money laundering schemes. These investigations shine a light on the challenges and complexities of crime in Georgia, aiming to bring accountability and transparency to the region.

Georgia

Apr 25, 2025Apr 29, 2025

Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money

Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities to launch an investigation. But newly obtained telecom records show that the scammers already appear to be back at work.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Mar 20, 2025Apr 24, 2025

Scam Operations Relied on Third-Party Marketing Companies for Steady Stream of Potential Victims

Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies, proxy account holders, and sham paperwork to receive funds from their victims through accounts at major commercial banks, or turn it into cryptocurrency.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Mar 05, 2025Mar 05, 2025

Everything You Need to Know About ‘Scam Empire’

They called themselves “skameri.” In behind-the-scenes chats, they celebrated bilking victims out of their life savings and spent their earnings on lavish vacations, jewelry, and cars. They bragged that they would never be caught. But we tracked them down.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Mar 05, 2025Mar 05, 2025

Scam Empire: Inside A Merciless International Investment Scam

How many scam operations did reporters reveal? Who leaked the data? What’s the evidence these are scams and not legitimate platforms? Here are the answers to the most important questions about the ‘Scam Empire’ project.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Feb 27, 2025Feb 27, 2025

Files Show Georgian Security Service Spied on Diplomats, Journalists, Clerics

Georgian authorities have violently cracked down on protests over the past three months, raising fears that data extraction software could be turned against civil society.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Feb 20, 2025Feb 22, 2025

Georgia’s Security Service Alleges Foreign Plot Amid Anti-Government Protests

Roberto Montella, the Secretary General of the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly, then took part in the organization’s high-profile election observation mission.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Nov 22, 2024Nov 25, 2024

Well-Connected Private Investor Scoops Up Hydropower Rights in Georgia

The mayor of Lentekhi, Gia Oniani, awarded a permit to build a hotel to his wife’s company and is still involved in the firm.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Sep 18, 2024Sep 24, 2024

US Sanctions Georgian Officials and Far-Right Activists for Violent Attacks on Freedom of Expression

The U.S Department of the Treasury sanctioned two top Georgian Internal Affairs officials as well as two far-right political activists for using violence against peaceful protests over the past three years.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Sep 11, 2024Sep 24, 2024

Georgian Ruling Party’s Parliamentary Picks Show Russian Drift, Critics Say

Georgia’s ruling party has chosen the controversial billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili as its top candidate for next month’s parliamentary elections –– a decision critics said was the latest sign of the party’s drift towards Russian-style authoritarianism.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Sep 04, 2024Sep 24, 2024

As the Foreign Agent Deadline Expires, Georgian Media Face More Threat

A disputed law passed by the Georgian parliament in June, which requires organizations receiving more than 20% of their funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents,” is starting to bite as tens of thousands of NGOs refused to register voluntarily and will now face fines, be forcefully added to the list, and be closely monitored.

Alex Johnson