Georgia’s former top official declared wanted
The joint operational-investigative activities conducted by the Prosecutor's office of Georgia and the military police resulted in the prosecution of former head of the Department of the Military Police of the Ministry of Defence Megis Kardava.
The prosecutor's office reported that the investigation revealed that Kardava misappropriated 496,273 lari allocated for various operational activities during his tenure from February 1 to July 6, 2012. In the period from February 21 to July 10, 2012, he embezzled 188,000 lari owned by the Defence Ministry .
Kardava was indicted in absentia under subparagraphs "a" and "e" and the second part of subparagraph "b" of the third part of Article 182 of the Criminal Code of Georgia. Arrest in absentia was chosen as a preventive measure against him. Kardava was declared wanted.