The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia is actively engaged in combating organised criminal activity involving transnational fraud, cybercrime, and money laundering. Prosecutor General said this at the presentation of the Prosecutor’s Office’s 2025 annual report to the Prosecutorial Council.

As Giorgi Gvarakidze noted, the detection of organised crime, the tracing of illicit assets, their identification, and subsequent confiscation are all contingent upon effective cooperation with the relevant agencies, police units, and prosecutorial bodies of various countries.

“In 2025, investigations were opened into 73 criminal cases of money laundering, while criminal proceedings were initiated against 80 parties, including eight corporate bodies.

Conviction rates increased compared to preceding years, with judgments handed down against 102 parties, including 23 corporate bodies. The total value of assets confiscated based on these convictions exceeded 75 million GEL. Furthermore, cryptocurrency valued at 19.4 million GEL was confiscated for the first time.

Money laundering is a crime intrinsically linked to illegal material gain. This was reflected in the value of assets seized and frozen in 2025, which exceeded GEL 201.5 million. Compared to previous years, there was a marked increase in the value of seized and frozen vehicles and real estate. In money laundering cases, damages exceeding GEL 49 million were recovered for 170 victims and for the state, of which GEL 815,912 was restituted directly to the state”, - said the Prosecutor General.