Geostat: Criminal prosecution launched against 2,800 individuals in September 2026

Georgia launched criminal prosecutions against 2,800 individuals in September 2026, National Statistics Office (Geostat) figures show. Among them, 183 people, or 6.5 per cent, were repeat offenders committing crimes while serving probation.

Tbilisi accounted for the lion’s share of prosecutions with 1,006 cases, ahead of Adjara with 381 cases and occupied Abkhazia with 17.

The breakdown of prosecutions initiated in September 2026 by specific articles of the Criminal Code is as follows: theft—314 cases; threats—246 cases; domestic violence—176 cases; assault—240 cases; rape—12 cases; indecent assault—7 cases; fraud—102 cases; illegal purchase and/or possession of drugs, analogues, precursors, or new psychoactive substances—840 cases; and illegal production, purchase, storage, transportation, forwarding, or non-prescription use of small quantities of drugs, analogues, or precursors—209 cases.