The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) announced on October 18 that more than USD 7 million in cash, along with other high-value assets, had been confiscated during large-scale searches targeting properties linked to former senior officials, including ex-Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, and several of their associates. The announcement followed a statement from the Prosecutor’s Office the previous day confirming that the residences of Garibashvili, former SSSG head Grigol Liluashvili, former Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze, and eight other individuals had been searched "in connection with multiple ongoing criminal investigations". No further details were provided at that time.

According to Emzar Gagnidze, head of the SSSG’s Anti-Corruption Agency, investigators seized USD 7,002,200 and GEL 136,000 in cash, 198 pieces of jewelry and luxury watches, valuable artwork, thousands of pages of documents, 50 mobile phones, and 119 electronic devices from various locations. He stated that searches were conducted on October 17 across 24 properties, including homes in Tbilisi and the Dedoplistskaro, Vani, Chokhatauri, and Borjomi municipalities. Gagnidze said the coordinated operation involved 230 officers from the SSSG and the Prosecutor’s Office.

Those targeted included former officials and their close associates: Irakli Garibashvili, Grigol Liluashvili, Otar Partskhaladze, imprisoned former Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze, and others such as Mikheil Chokheli, Vano and Tornike Parkauli, Andrea (Sandro) Liluashvili, and members of their families. During the briefing, the agency presented photographs of the confiscated cash, jewelry, and other valuables but did not clarify who owned the seized property or specify which cases the raids were linked to.

Gagnidze noted that investigators are now analyzing the seized documents and electronic data to trace the origin of the cash and determine potential criminal connections. He added that "further investigative and procedural actions" will follow based on the processed material and that legal measures will be taken against those found responsible. The sweeping operation comes amid a wave of resignations, arrests, and investigations involving former Georgian Dream officials and their business networks. While the government portrays the measures as part of an intensified anti-corruption drive, critics have dismissed them as an internal power struggle and a campaign of personal revenge orchestrated by the ruling party’s founder and billionaire patron, Bidzina Ivanishvili.