Georgia's former State Security Service chief is sentenced to 13 years for bribery; he denies the charges and plans to appeal
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On September 16, 2026, Tbilisi City Court Judge Nino Tarashvili convicted Grigol Liluashvili, former head of Georgia's State Security Service, on four bribery episodes and sentenced him to 13 years in prison. Prosecutors alleged he took about $1 million from a Turkish investor for lobbying on a wind-power memorandum, 1.5 million GEL from a businessman for help with gasification tenders, about $1.36 million to protect part of a fraudulent call-center network, and bribes to protect the former head of Tbilisi's Kindergarten Management Agency. The trial was fully closed, so details come from prosecutors' and defense statements. He was arrested December 23, 2025. Liluashvili denies guilt; his lawyers say a co-defendant's plea-deal testimony was false and that they will appeal.
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sentenced him to 13 years in prison after finding him guilty of four bribery-related episodes
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