Day: October 24, 2025

Georgia’s former Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, has been indicted on serious money-laundering charges, as the Prosecutor General’s Office asked the court to set bail at GEL 1 million as a pretrial restraint, required the ex-official to surrender his passport, and barred him from leaving the country.

Prosecutor General Giorgi Gvarakidze announced at an October 24 briefing that Garibashvili “secretly and covertly engaged in various types of business activities and received large amounts of income of illegal origin” when he served as Georgia’s defense and then prime minister in 2019-2024. “As a public official, he was required to declare both his income and expenses,” Gvarakidze added.

The indictment follows an ongoing investigation targeting former high-level Georgian Dream officials, including Irakli Garibashvili, former State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili, former Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze, and their associates. Authorities searched their homes on October 17, seizing millions of dollars in cash and valuables, and have arrested several of their associates.

On October 22, a State Security Service official announced that Garibashvili had been questioned at the agency’s Anti-Corruption Service, “fully cooperated” with the investigation, and “admitted to receiving illicit income over the years.”

To be updated…