Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Georgia court sentences former prime minister for corruption

[JURIST] The Kutaisi City Court in Georgia on Monday sentenced former prime minister Vano Merabishvili to a five-year prison term for embezzling government funds and bribing voters. Prosecutors specifically alleged that Merabishvili used government money [AFP report] to employ his supporters in fictitious government roles in advance of his party's October 2012 parliamentary elections. The court also handed down a USD $27,000 fine to Merabishvili's co-defendant, former health minister Zurab Chiaberashvili. Reports indicate that both the prosecution and the defendants...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/georgia-court-sentences-former-prime-minister-for-corruption.php

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