Giorgi Gvarakidze, candidate for Georgia’s Prosecutor General, presented his reform agenda to Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, emphasising transparency, anti-corruption measures, specialised anti-fraud units, and enhanced cybercrime capabilities. His plan includes structural reforms, improved inter-agency cooperation, and protection of privacy rights.
Transparency and public accountability
“Criminal justice policy implementation and crime prevention are impossible without an informed citizenry. I am committed to strengthening the accountability component before society and maintaining a policy of information accessibility,” Gvarakidze told the committee.
He emphasised that the policy of timely information on significant criminal cases of high public interest will continue, with citizens having simple access to prosecutorial information through official channels.
Anti-Corruption Focus
“I particularly want to highlight the importance of fighting corruption in both public and private sectors as a separate priority,” the candidate declared.
Gvarakidze outlined steps to improve the detection of crimes by special subjects, money laundering, and corruption: “structural optimisation, thematic retraining of investigators, activation of mechanisms for searching and seizing criminal assets, and strengthening inter-agency cooperation.”
He noted that attention should focus on “legitimate spending of state program funding and facts of abuse of access to state resources.”
Specialised Units for Fraud and Cybercrime
The candidate announced plans for a specialised anti-fraud division within Tbilisi’s prosecutor system, “staffed with retrained prosecutors” who “will provide procedural guidance only to criminal cases of this category.”
On cybercrime, the candidate said: “To improve the quality of cybercrime investigation and procedural guidance, it’s important to strengthen inter-agency cooperation, maintain active communication with service providers, use legal assistance mechanisms, and share best international experience.”
Organised Crime and Privacy Protection
“I support implementing a strict criminal policy against organised crime to ensure preventive and effective combat,” Gvarakidze stated, noting that organised crime influence “often exceeds one country’s borders.”
Addressing privacy violations, he declared: “Given the growing nature of illegal dissemination of information reflecting private life and the severity of moral damage inflicted on victims, refining methods of combating this crime and implementing justice will be my strategic priority.”
The candidate emphasised creating specialised divisions and accelerating prosecutorial decisions while ensuring “the alleviation of victimisation burden for victims.”