US EditionGeorgian ex-PM Garibashvili to serve five-year sentence after guilty plea
Irakli Garibashvili pleaded guilty and was sentenced after anti-corruption raids seized $6.5 million, part of a crackdown amid political turmoil in Georgia.
- On Monday, Irakli Garibashvili, former prime minister of Georgia, was jailed for five years after admitting to receiving illegal income and signing a plea agreement, the prosecutor's office said.
- Since October, Georgia has been mired in political crisis after Georgian Dream's disputed victory, while Irakli Garibashvili served two stints as prime minister and helped usher in a crackdown on critics.
- Prosecutors say they found and seized $6.5 million during a search of Irakli Garibashvili's apartment, accusing him of laundering income between 2019 and 2024.
- Faced with sanctions and arrests, Georgian Dream's cohesion is under scrutiny as other high-ranking officials have been imprisoned in an anti-corruption crackdown, and analysts say this may signal leadership infighting.
- The sentence could hurt Georgia's EU membership prospects as authorities have over recent years jailed opposition, pro‑EU figures amid accusations of drifting toward Russia and democratic backsliding.
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Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili pleaded guilty to a particularly large income legalization case and signed a deal with the prosecutor's office, for which he received five years in prison and a fine of one million lari.
The conviction of Iraqli Garibachvili is part of a wave of prosecutions against several senior Georgian officials.
Irakli Garibasvili, the former prime minister of Georgia, has been sentenced to five years in prison and confiscation of his assets in a plea bargain for money laundering after the former politician pleaded guilty. Garibasvili was arrested last fall, shortly after raids were carried out at the end of October at the homes of several former civil servants and politicians who held important positions in the judiciary or security services of the Cau…
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Georgia jails ex-PM for five years amid ruling party oustings
Georgia's former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili was jailed for five years Monday on money laundering charges, the prosecutor's office said, the latest in a sweeping shake-up of the country's ruling party as critics accuse it of drifting into Moscow's orbit.
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