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Volume 8, Issue 2

Purpose and Peculiarities of the Palermo Convention in the Context of Georgia

Authors: Ekaterine Laghidze

Ekaterine Laghidze

PHD student at Caucasus International University, Special Officer of the State Security Service of Georgia

Email: Ekaterine.lagidze@ciu.edu.ge



Affiliation: PHD student at Caucasus International University, Special Officer of the State Security Service of Georgia

Abstract: Transnational organized crime and the fight against it is a significant challenge for our country. Palermo Convention The same United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 15 November 2000 with the aim of promoting cooperation in the fight against transnational organized crime. The article examines in depth Article 5 of the Palermo Convention, which calls on member states to directly criminalize participation in organized crime groups. In accordance with this requirement, a number of important changes have been made in the Georgian legislative space. These include the Criminal Code of Georgia, the Law of Georgia on Organized Crime and Racketeering, as well as the Criminal Procedure Code, the Civil Procedure Code of Georgia and other legal acts. The article discusses and evaluates the results of the work of each of the above legal documents, both on a theoretical and practical level. The National Strategy for Combating Organized Crime of Georgia has been evaluated and discussed. Judicial practice has also been studied, which ultimately allows for important conclusions to be drawn. At the end of the paper we will talk about the challenges of Georgia in terms of combating organized crime, the main directions, problems and shortcomings in the fight against organized crime.

Keywords: Palermo Convention, organization crime, Organized crime group,


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Used Literature:

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  1. Legislative Herald of Georgia. Criminal Code of Georgia, (1999).< https://matsne.gov.ge https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/16426 (In Georgian)
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Notes:

  1. Further the Palermo Convention. See the text of the Convention on the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/ view/1485286> [Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  2. Further the Palermo Convention. See the text of the Convention on the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/ view/1485286>
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Palermo Convention, text of the Convention, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/1485286[Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  6. McClean, D., (2007). Transnational Organized Crime a Commentary on the UN Conversetion and its Protocols. Oxford University Press, 1st, p. 65.
  7. Criminal Code of Georgia, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia,< https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/16426 [Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  8. Palermo Convention, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/1485286>[Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  9. Law of Georgia on Organized Crime and Racketeering, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/4159504?publication=0> [Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, Ashlarba v. Georgia, Strasbourg, (2014) < https://www.supremecourt.ge/>[Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  13. Ibid
  14. Code of Criminal Procedure of Georgia, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/90034?publication=144 [Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  15. Lekveishvili, M., Mamulashvili, G., & Todua, N., (2019). Private Part of Criminal Law Book I. Tbilisi: Meridian, p. 686
  16. Ibid., 685 – 686.
  17. Law of Georgia on Organized Crime and Racketeering, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/ view/32704?publication=1>
  18. Lekveishvili, M., Mamulashvili, G., & Todua, N., (2019). Private Part of Criminal Law Book I. Tbilisi: Meridian, p. 365.
  19. Homogeneous Practice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in Criminal Cases (Second Half of 2014 2016), p. 64 < https://www.supremecourt.ge/files/upload-file/pdf/ ertgvarovani-praktika-sisxli.pdf[Last seen: June 10, 2022].
  20. Lekveishvili, M., Mamulashvili, G., & Todua, N., (2019). Private Part of Criminal Law Book I. Tbilisi: Meridian, p. 688
  21. Ibid
  22. Decision of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, Case №1 / b-128-17, 2017, < http://library.court.ge/judgements/69892017-10-27.pdf [Last seen: June 10, 2022] .
  23. Ibid
  24. Ibid
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  26. Civil Procedure Code of Georgia, cf. On the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia.< https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/31702?publication=117
  27. Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, see on the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia. < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/90034?publication=144>[Last seen: June 10, 2022]
  28. See. Judgment of the Constitutional Court, < https://constcourt.ge/ka/judicial-acts?legal=4905>
  29. Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, see on the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/90034 [Last seen: June 7, 2022]
  30. Code of Civil Procedure of Georgia, see on the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/31702 [Last seen: June 7, 2022].
  31. Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, see on the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/90034>[Last seen: June 7, 2022].
  32. National Strategy for Combating Organized Crime 2021-2024, see the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, p. 4. < https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/ view/5256554?publication=0 [Last seen: June 7, 2022].
  33. National Strategy for Combating Organized Crime 2017-2020. See the official website of the Legislative Herald of Georgia, p. 7 < https://www.matsne.gov.ge/ka/ document/view/3660371?publication=0
  34. National Strategy for Combating Organized Crime 2021-2024, p. 4 < https://matsne. gov.ge/ka/document/view/5256554?publication=0 [Last seen: June 7, 2022].
  35. 2020 Report of the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, (2020), p. 46. < https://pog.gov.ge
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