Confiscated Villas for Officers

Holiday villas, reportedly worth of USD 15 million, confiscated from two suspected criminal bosses will be turned into recreational centers for interior and defense ministry officers, President Saakashvili said on August 13.

Speaking with journalists in Ureki, a resort on Georgia”s Black Sea coast where the villas are located, Saakashvili said the properties would be used for “the rehabilitation of officers injured on duty.”

Under anti-crime legislation passed in 2005, the property of so-called “thieves in law” (criminal bosses) can be confiscated.

The law defines the terms “thief in law” and “thieves” world.” The former, according to the law, is a person who acts in accordance with special criminal rules and aims at gaining profit through intimidation, threats and crime. The “thieves” world” is led by a “thief in law.”

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