72 Arrested in Crackdown on ‘Thieves’ World’ in Adjara

2026-03-17 - 14:02

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the State Security Service, arrested 72 individuals in Adjara region during a crackdown on the criminal underworld, the so-called “thieves’ world,” the Georgian Dream Interior Minister Geka Geladze announced during a March 17 press briefing. Geladze said five additional individuals were charged, some already in penitentiary institutions and others in absentia, including a so-called “thief-in-law,” a term used in