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According to the Russian group of lawyers and human rights defenders known as Pervy Otdel (First Department), Rafail Shepelev, a participant in the ultra-leftist and anarchist “Artpodgotovka”(Artillery/art – preparation) movement banned in Russia, disappeared in Tbilisi on October 12. According to the same source, he may be in custody in Russia, facing charges related to terrorism.
Reportedly, Rafaíl Shepelev is a Russian activist with a history of involvement in protest movements in support of figures such as Alexei Navalny, for which he has been arrested several times in Russia. Accordint to Meduza, in September 2021, the FSB placed Artpodgotovka on the list of terrorist organizations.
Shepelev’s personal belongings were reportedly left at the house on Mtatsminda Street in Tbilisi. Citing his associates, Pervy Otdel said Shepelev had been living in Georgia since September 2021 and had no plans to return to Russia.
“On October 13, the day after the disappearance, the Vladikavkaz District Court found the activist guilty of “petty hooliganism,” Pervy Otdel reported, adding that according to their information, “as a punishment, the man was placed under administrative arrest, and after his release, he was placed in a pre-trial detention center (SIZO) on charges of a crime of a terrorist nature.”
Pervy Otdel says that “placing people under administrative arrest on fabricated pretexts before their detention on criminal charges is a common practice”.
According to Pervy Otdel, a similar incident occurred in Kyrgyzstan this October, when a Russian activist was abducted and later found in a Moscow pretrial detention center.
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According to the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office, large-scale actions against fraudulent call centers in 23 countries, including Georgia, were carried out with the participation of the Office and representatives of relevant agencies of 11 countries.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, a large-scale operation was carried out on the territory of Georgia in July 2023 in cooperation with Swiss colleagues. The aim was to uncover fraudulent call centers of a transnational nature and the persons involved in their organization, which operated not only in Georgia but also in many EU Member States.
The joint investigation revealed that the members of the organized group used hundreds of websites to create the impression of reliable investment companies and offered victims various types of lucrative financial deals. The organized group targeted citizens of EU member states, mainly in Switzerland and Germany. According to the information available at this stage, the losses amount to several million euros.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, within the framework of the operation held in Georgia, several call centers, dozens of individuals, their homes, cars and workplaces were searched. Devices containing electronic information were confiscated. Real estate, bank accounts and money deposited in them were confiscated.
According to the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, the investigation into the investment scam started in October 2019, following a complaint from a victim to the Swiss authorities. This uncovered fraudulent call centers and websites of alleged financial trading companies in Ukraine, and later also in Georgia. The investigation was temporarily suspended due to the war in Ukraine. At the end of 2022, however, targeted actions were taken in 23 countries, where places were searched and bank accounts and assets were frozen.
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According to the Russian group of lawyers and human rights defenders known as Pervy Otdel (First Department), Rafail Shepelev, a participant in the ultra-leftist and anarchist “Artpodgotovka”(Artillery/art – preparation) movement banned in Russia, disappeared in Tbilisi on October 12. According to the same source, he may be in custody in Russia, facing charges related to terrorism.
Reportedly, Rafaíl Shepelev is a Russian activist with a history of involvement in protest movements in support of figures such as Alexei Navalny, for which he has been arrested several times in Russia. Accordint to Meduza, in September 2021, the FSB placed Artpodgotovka on the list of terrorist organizations.
Shepelev’s personal belongings were reportedly left at the house on Mtatsminda Street in Tbilisi. Citing his associates, Pervy Otdel said Shepelev had been living in Georgia since September 2021 and had no plans to return to Russia.
“On October 13, the day after the disappearance, the Vladikavkaz District Court found the activist guilty of “petty hooliganism,” Pervy Otdel reported, adding that according to their information, “as a punishment, the man was placed under administrative arrest, and after his release, he was placed in a pre-trial detention center (SIZO) on charges of a crime of a terrorist nature.”
Pervy Otdel says that “placing people under administrative arrest on fabricated pretexts before their detention on criminal charges is a common practice”.
According to Pervy Otdel, a similar incident occurred in Kyrgyzstan this October, when a Russian activist was abducted and later found in a Moscow pretrial detention center.
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According to the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office, large-scale actions against fraudulent call centers in 23 countries, including Georgia, were carried out with the participation of the Office and representatives of relevant agencies of 11 countries.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, a large-scale operation was carried out on the territory of Georgia in July 2023 in cooperation with Swiss colleagues. The aim was to uncover fraudulent call centers of a transnational nature and the persons involved in their organization, which operated not only in Georgia but also in many EU Member States.
The joint investigation revealed that the members of the organized group used hundreds of websites to create the impression of reliable investment companies and offered victims various types of lucrative financial deals. The organized group targeted citizens of EU member states, mainly in Switzerland and Germany. According to the information available at this stage, the losses amount to several million euros.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, within the framework of the operation held in Georgia, several call centers, dozens of individuals, their homes, cars and workplaces were searched. Devices containing electronic information were confiscated. Real estate, bank accounts and money deposited in them were confiscated.
According to the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, the investigation into the investment scam started in October 2019, following a complaint from a victim to the Swiss authorities. This uncovered fraudulent call centers and websites of alleged financial trading companies in Ukraine, and later also in Georgia. The investigation was temporarily suspended due to the war in Ukraine. At the end of 2022, however, targeted actions were taken in 23 countries, where places were searched and bank accounts and assets were frozen.
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- 18/02/2022 – Five Arrested in Alleged International Fraud Scheme