Who were the Georgian gangsters arrested in Europe?

• Mark Galeotti
• 3 years ago
• Categories: Central Europe, Crime, Czech Republic, Organized Crime - Russia, Organized Crime - Transnational, Uncategorized

I’ll complete this list as more identities become available, but to date, these are the names of the various figures arrested in the June 18 swoop on the Georgian Kutaisi gang across Europe:

Hungary

• Merab Dzhangveladze, “Dzhango,” vor v zakone and leader of the Kutaisi
• ?

Italy

• Guram Odisharia, “Buya,” vor v zakone
• Roin Uglava, “Matevich,” vor v zakone
• Gia Gurchiani, vor v zakone
• Aleko Imedadze, vor v zakone
• Beso Kuprashvili, vor v zakone
• Akaki Tugushi, “Enzo Batumi,” vor v zakone
• ?

Czech Republic

• Alexander Kartsivadze, vor v zakone
• ?

Lithuania

• Givi Gordeladze, “Givi Tol’styi” (“Givi the Thick”), vor v zakone [Gordeladze is again at large; the Lithuanian court, for reasons still not wholly clear, released him on bail, not deeming him a flight risk on grounds of his age (65) and health. Surprise, surprise: he flew.]
• Temur Nemsitsveridze, “Tsripa,” vor v zakone
• Razhden Shulaya
• ?
• ?

Portugal

• ?
• ?

France

• ?

(Last update: June 27, 2013)