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Core legal questions explained in practical form
Tax evasion
The tax assessment does not by itself prove criminal liability; amount, duty, reporting, control, intent and current thresholds require separate analysis.
Read full guide →Article 180Fraud
The investigation must distinguish alleged deceptive appropriation from contractual non-performance, commercial risk or a later inability to pay.
Read full guide →Article 194Legalisation of illegal income (money laundering)
The prosecution must connect property to alleged criminal origin and prove the accused person's conduct and required knowledge or purpose.
Read full guide →Article 186Property knowingly obtained by criminal means
Knowledge of the property's alleged criminal origin and the accused person's actual transaction or control are central.
Read full guide →Article 195¹Violation of the procedure for participating in public procurement
May be relevant to prohibited arrangements or conduct in a procurement process; tender records and the precise statutory act matter.
Read full guide →Article 332Abuse of official powers
Requires proof of the official's actual powers, use contrary to public interest, purpose and statutory consequence.
Read full guide →Article 157Disclosure of information on private life or personal data
Covers specified unlawful obtaining, storage, use or disclosure that satisfies the article's consequence and circumstance requirements; privacy concern alone does not settle criminal liability.
Read full guide →Article 284Unauthorised access to a computer system
Ownership of a device or account does not prove unauthorised access; permission, attribution, method and consequence should be tested.
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What happens after arrest in Georgia: the 48- and 72-hour rules, silence, lawyer, interpreter, medical rights, first court hearing, bail and detention.
Read guide →Legal insightCan Police Question You Without a Lawyer in Georgia?
A voluntary interview, compulsory witness examination, accused-person questioning and arrest are different procedures.
Read guide →Legal insightSearch and Seizure in Georgian Criminal Proceedings
A search authorises a defined investigative intrusion; seizure concerns the taking and continued custody of identified property.
Read guide →Legal insightBail and Pre-Trial Detention in Georgia
Arrest, temporary detention and a judicial restraint measure must not be treated as one continuous automatic restriction.
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