Central Criminal Police handles defined serious, organised, cyber, drug and cross-border policing functions
The Central Criminal Police Department is a Ministry of Internal Affairs department with national and coordinating functions. Its published tasks include searching for and arresting wanted persons, combating trafficking, illegal migration, drugs, weapons and cybercrime, investigating cases within jurisdiction and coordinating with territorial and foreign law-enforcement bodies.
Mandate in a criminal case
A case may involve Central Criminal Police because of the offence category, organised or international dimension, wanted-person work, cyber component, witness-protection issue or a task received from a territorial division. Department involvement does not by itself prove that the allegation is organised, international or especially serious.
What this page must not imply
Central Criminal Police is not the same body as Patrol Police, the local police division, the Prosecution Service, INTERPOL's National Central Bureau or the State Security Service. Several bodies may contribute to one case, but every interview, search, arrest, data request and expert instruction must still have its own lawful basis and responsible official.
Questions and actions that organise the file
Documents to request or preserve
- Investigation and department identifiers
- Task, request or transfer documents where disclosed
- Arrest, search, seizure and device-extraction records
- International or platform correspondence lawfully available to the defence
- Expert instructions, samples and conclusions
Counsel should avoid treating the department's broad remit as the legal theory of the individual case. The defence must identify the exact offence, status, evidence path, responsible investigator, prosecutor and court authorisations relevant to the client.
Primary sources for this guide
Institutional structures, consolidated legislation and procedures can change. Verify the responsible body, current Georgian text and the actual document served before relying on this guide.
Central Criminal Police Department — official functions↗︎Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia↗︎