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On May 30, the Special Investigation Service launched an investigation into the fact of possibly exceeding official powers using violence and firearm committed by the Border Police Officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) against tourists in Vashlovani Protected Areas.

During the period of April-May 2023, the Special Investigation Service arrested 5 and charged 2 persons on the facts of disclosure of secrets of personal life, among them one is a citizen of Lithuania.

The Special Investigation Service launched an investigation into the fact of possible ill-treatment of tourists and illegal use of firearms committed by the Border Police Officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Vashlovani Protected Areas/National Park under Article 333, Part 3, sub-paragraph "B" of the Criminal Code of Georgia.

Head of the Special Investigation Service, Koka Katsitadze, participated in the 8th annual meeting of the Independent Police Complaints Authorities’ Network (IPCAN) held in Strasbourg.

Paragraph 4 of the 12-point recommendations of the European Commission refers to the institutional strengthening and independence of the Special Investigation Service. For this purpose, the Special Investigation Service was actively involved in working group activities created by the Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues on strengthening future cooperation between these two institutions.

The Special Investigation Service established the Investigation Quality Monitoring and Analytics Department for ensuring high-quality investigations, internal monitoring of the investigation process, developing a unified investigation policy and effective implementation of the ECtHR practice.

The Special Investigation Service became an official member of the Independent Police Complaints Authorities' Network (IPCAN).

As a result of investigative and procedural actions carried out by the Special Investigation Service in April-May of this year, the SIS revealed 2 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and 1 employee of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for a violent crime.

We would like to inform the public regarding the report prepared by the "TV Pirveli" on the fact of the injury of citizen G.G. by Sh.M. a junior detective of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

The Special Investigation Service In order to create additional guarantees for the protection of potential victims’ rights, and ensure their safety and involvement in the investigation, the Service developed a Special Protection Program and implemented it in practice.

According to the decision of the Special Investigation Service, all those citizens and potential victims, who may be victims of ill-treatment, were given the right to familiarize themselves with the materials of the criminal case. It is the best model of conducting a transparent investigation, which fully complies with the standards of the European Court of Human Rights of Strasbourg.