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Georgia Sentences Ex-Security Chief to 13 Years in Bribery Case

Prosecutors said Liluashvili received $1.3 million in bribes and scam-call-centre gains, and he denied the charges.

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By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A court in Georgia sentenced its former security service chief to 13 years in prison on Wednesday on corruption charges, part ​of a broader crackdown on one-time senior officials ‌in the ruling Georgian...

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Georgia sentences ex-security chief to 13 years in bribery case

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EADaily, 16 September 2026. Grigol Liluashvili, former Head of the State Security Service of Georgia, was sentenced to 13 years ' imprisonment and found guilty of four episodes of bribery.

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The Head of the State Security Service of Georgia in 2019-2025, Grigol Liluashvili, on Wednesday, was sentenced by Tbilgorsud to 13 years ' imprisonment under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, sends a reporter of the newspaper VZGLAD in Tbilisi, who was arrested in December last year on charges of corruption, bribery and secret financing of the opposition to the revenues of call centres. The prosecution refers to bribes to a total …

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The Tbilisi City Court sentenced the former Head of the State Security Service, Grigola Liluashvili, to 13 years ' imprisonment, and found him guilty of taking large bribes, as well as of protecting and protecting several call centres.

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Former head of the State Security Service Grigol Liluashvili has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. The decision was made by Tbilisi City Court Judge Nino Tarashvili. As a reminder, Grigol Liluashvili was arrested on December 23 of last year. He was charged with taking a bribe in a particularly large amount by a group by prior agreement. Liluashvili faced 11 to 15 years in prison. The Tbilisi City Court has sentenced the former head of the St…

Former head of Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) Grigol Liluashvili sentenced to 13 years in prison

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Apa broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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