TBILISI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Georgia's prosecution office has charged former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with laundering illegal income and requested a one million-lari (368,425 U.S.-dollar) bail, Prosecutor General Giorgi Gvarakidze said Friday.
Garibashvili faced the charge of laundering illegal income with profits on an especially large scale. Gvarakidze said the former prime minister has acknowledged his guilt.
As the investigation is ongoing, the prosecution also called for revoking Garibashvili's Georgian passport and banning him from leaving the country.
The charge followed the raids on Oct. 17 at the homes of some former Georgian officials, including Garibashvili, where authorities seized electronic devices, documents and large sums of cash.
Garibashvili served as prime minister from 2013 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2024. ■
