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

Aug 14, 2024Sep 24, 2024

Georgia’s Ruling Party Rejects and Deflects OCCRP Findings

Georgia’s ruling party has rejected an OCCRP investigation into the Russian property holdings of its founder’s wife, claiming the findings were “based on false information” –– even though they were supported by documentation obtained by reporters.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Aug 09, 2024Sep 24, 2024

Family of Georgian Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili Has Unreported Real Estate in Russia

Ivanishvili also appears to retain a Russian company through an offshore structure, despite promising to divest from Russia.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Jan 23, 2023Sep 24, 2024

Azerbaijani Strongman’s Business Partner Builds Property Empire in Georgia

Turkish businessman Emin Uchar has made a fortune in Nakhchivan, an autonomous Azerbaijani territory between Iran, Turkey, and Armenia. New documents and interviews provide evidence he previously acted as an agent for the family of autocrat Vasif Talibov, who ruled Nakhchivan for 27 years before resigning on December 21.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Nov 16, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Unwitting Wealth: How a Local Official Scooped up a Georgian Village

The head of the village appears to have abused a new land-titling system intended to help illiterate farmers, using it to take control of a chunk of former state land for himself, according to an investigation by iFact.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Oct 20, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Georgia: Nine Arrested After the Tbilisi Fountain Electrocutions

Georgian authorities on Tuesday arrested nine people, including one public official, in connection with last week’s electrocution in Tbilisi’s newly refurbished fountain that killed a 13-year-old girl and injured two children – said the Interior Ministry in a statement.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Oct 19, 2022Sep 24, 2024

US: Woman Charged with Defrauding FEMA of $156M

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Monday a woman for allegedly defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of US$156 million by falsely claiming to have provided 30 million meals to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Sep 22, 2022Sep 25, 2024

New Surveillance Scandal Erupts in Georgia after Leaked Videos Emerge

The office of theGeorgian ombudsmanasked on Tuesday the European Court of Human Rights to prioritize the lawsuits filed by Georgians over the latest surveillance scandal that erupted when a TV station aired leaked videos that showed to what extent politicians, journalists and activists were spied on.

Alex Johnson