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Georgian police raid homes of senior former officials
Authorities seized cash, documents, and devices during raids targeting former officials amid investigations into an alleged plot to overthrow the government, officials said.
- On Friday, the prosecutor general said law enforcement raided the homes of Irakli Garibashvili, Grigol Liluashvili and Otar Partskhaladze.
- Authorities said the raids were part of ongoing criminal investigations, following months of crackdown on the opposition that had not yet targeted allies of the Georgian Dream party.
- Anti-Corruption prosecutors and security agents carried out searches simultaneously at 22 locations, Chief Prosecutor Giorgi Gvarakidze told reporters in Tbilisi, seizing cash, documents and electronic devices.
- Irakli Garibashvili, two-time former prime minister , led Tbilisi's anti-Western turn while Otar Partskhaladze, dual Georgian-Russian citizen, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom last month.
- Georgia has been mired in a political crisis since last October after disputed parliamentary elections, with tensions rising this month amid accusations involving the EU ambassador and 62 arrests since a large rally weeks ago.
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Sign of internal shakeup as Georgia raids home of ex-PM, others
Georgian prosecutors raided the homes of some of the country's most powerful former officials on Friday, including ex–prime minister Irakli Garibashvili, signalling what may be a shakeup within the country's…
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