
Georgian authorities ‘seize assets’ of call centre scammers
Assets belonging to A.K. Group employees were seized following the publication of an OCCRP investigation into the company in early March.
Assets belonging to A.K. Group employees were seized following the publication of an OCCRP investigation into the company in early March.
Over the years, Georgian investigative agencies have shut down numerous fraudulent call centres and exposed dozens of people involved in fraud.
On 13 February, the United States released its Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community. In it, the significance of Russian influence operations in Georgia were highlighted. Just eight days earlier, on 5 February, a coalition of Georgia’s leading non-governmental organisations made an official offer to support the Government of Georgia, the EU, and NATO in their efforts to counter anti-Western propaganda. While few experts would argue that Georgia is not a target of Russ
A new EU–Armenia agreement has every chance of soon being signed. The controversy in Armenia surrounding the document boils down to whether it will be signed on 24 November at the Brussels summit of the Eastern Partnership, or if it will be postponed again — and for what reasons. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] 357 pages on justice, security, human rights and fundamental freedoms According to statements from official negotiators in Yerevan, Armenia now plans to sign a new
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili congratulated Georgian citizens on the EU Parliament’s final decision to offer them visa free travel to Europe. He remarked that people living in the de facto republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will also be able to travel to Europe without a visa. Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili also commented during a press conference that Abkhazians and South Ossetians can easily take advantage of this if they obtain Georgian biometric passports. ‘We are pa