Tbilisi: The Georgian Prosecution office busted another international crime. The investigation was carried out by the Georgian prosecution office in coordination with Germany.
The teams also included members of the State Security Service of Georgia and officials from the Office of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance. The joint investigation busted the crime of illegal call center activities. The law enforcers identified two natural individuals and one legal entity.
The accused from Georgia and a foreign nation created a fake company namely Morgan Limited LLC (the company founded by a Ukrainian national in Georgia). They committed fraud between 2019 and 2021 and also took a large amount of money from the victim.
The investigation revealed that many call center gangs are still operating in the capital city of Tbilisi. Law enforcers have taken computers, mobile phones, notes, and other crime-related digital and electronic devices into custody.
Many other objectionable things were also confiscated including amount of USD 800,000 in cash, vehicles etc. On the other hand as per the court warrant, assets with total values in several million GEL that were directly or indirectly linked to the accused were also taken into custody including the bank accounts as well as movable property.
From 2021 to 2024 Georgia’s prosecution service and other law enforcement agencies launched numerous operations against call center gangs. These efforts, aimed at protecting innocent people from foreign countries are a clear sign of the government’s commitment to combating transnational crime.
According to the official representative of the Georgian prosecution office the top priority of the agency is to eliminate these call center gangs that are making innocent people their victims. Moreover the Prosecution Service of Georgia is participating in two international joint investigative teams so that strong steps can be taken against the accused.
The international agencies also include Eurojust and other agencies of different countries in the region and the world. Transnational crime has often become very difficult to crack as these offenders mostly use cyber techniques.
