US embassy hosted the traditional friendly soccer match with employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Match was attended by Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili, General Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze, head of Special State Protection Service Aleksandre Chubinidze, Deputy Chief of Mission Adam Lamoreaux and employees of the embassy.
Before the match Deputy Chief of Mission Adam Lamoreaux awarded officers of Central Criminal Police Department, Patrol Police and Tbilisi Police Department as well as Main prosecutor’s office and Special State Protection Service with certificates of appreciation for successful cooperation.
“Today’s match between employees of U.S. Embassy and Ministry of Internal Affairs is another example of friendly relations and cooperation. Such activities contribute to forming tight, friendly and service relations and enhance the existing cooperation".-stated Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili.
Friendly match has been held between employees of MIA and U.S. Embassy for the second time.

Ministry of Internal Affairs is launching a program on security issues- “10 lessons of Security” at public schools all across the country.

The Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs continues Road Safety Week in Batumi. Within the scopes of the Road Safety Week, the Service Agency held cycling marathon participated by amateur cyclists, local sportsmen and tourists.
The event was opened by Data Kajaia - the racer of the Service Agency`s sport club “MIA Force” and the face of the Road Safety campaign. Data Kajaia provided participants of the marathon with detailed information regarding the Road Safety campaign and called them to observe traffic rules.
Participants of the cycling marathon were wearing Road Safety campaign branded T-shirts and caps. The marathon started from the exhibition area arranged within the scopes of the Road Safety Week and covered 3 km. distance.
Today is the fifth day of the Road Safety Week organized by the Service Agency and sport club “MIA Force”. Within the scopes of the Road Safety Week variety of events were held in Batumi Boulevard

The Information Analytical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs presents the statistical data on the visitors having crossed the state border of Georgia during the last month, in particular:
The number of visitors in March, 2016 amounted to 450 875 more by 16,7 % than the index of the same period in 2015.
According to the new method of a conditional division, the correlation of specific weight is the following:
a) Tourist – 170 281 visits (37.8 % of general number; increase by 24.8 % in comparison with the same index of the last year);
b) Transit – 82 609 visits (18.3% of general number, decrease by -6.3 % in comparison with the same index of the last year);
c) Other – 197 985 visits (43.9 % of general number, increase by 22.5 % in comparison with the same index of the last year).
As for the period from January to March 1 134 436 visitors entered the territory of Georgia that is more by 14,7 % than the index of the same period in 2015.
The most of the visits in March, 2016 were paid again from Azerbaijan (+19%), Turkey (+6.7%), Armenia (+4.2%), Russia (+15,7%), Ukraine (+26,9 %) and Iran (1065,8%). Also, positive position is retained by the EU countries: respecting the increase of the number of arrivals to Georgia in March the following countries take the leading position: Latvia, Italy, France and Great Britain (relevantly - 48%, 27%, 23% and 13%), Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan (27%) and Uzbekistan (80%), among the countries of Easter Europe – Belarus (37%) and Moldova (39%), Middle East – Israel – (81%), UAE (348%). Also, the number of tourists form the United States of America has also increased by 10 %.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science initiated and organized visit of the 10^th grade pupils of Aspindza Public Schools to the base of Samtkhe-Javakheti Regional Special Tasks Division of the Special Tasks Department of the MIA Special and Emergency Measures Center within the framework of the informative-educational project “Maintenance of law and crime prevention program for public schools".

The representatives of Samtkhe-Javakheti Regional Special Tasks Division of the Special Tasks Department introduced to the pupils daily routine of the conscripts and showed them around their accommodation, classrooms, gymnasium, library and training area. The pupils attended the marching and theoretical/practical trainings of the conscripts: breaking barriers, wall climbing, martial techniques and shooting.

The armored vehicles, various kind of weapons and equipment located at the base of the Division were especially exhibited for the pupils. The meeting was delivered in a Q&A format. The representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs provided comprehensive answers to the questions of the pupils.

Taking into account the higher public interest, we would like once again to make clear the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the traffic safety draft, in particular, the contactless patrolling.
In the last period the media purposely replicates the opinions on the so-called "covert surveillance" allegedly launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although the Ministry has repeatedly explained reasonably that the contactless patrolling has nothing common with the "surveillance," it is obvious that the mentioned is deliberately misinterpreted in order to mislead the civil society.
In the last 2-3 years the number of vehicles in Georgia has increased by 20%. The risks of accidents and the traffic load on roads have also increased.
The MIA's main task is to protect the lives and safety of citizens; therefore, we are obliged to take effective measures in this area.
We would like to emphasize that the contactless patrolling as well as the traffic safety project serves the most important value - human life and safety. It is clear that:

• Contactless patrolling is not conducted towards the previously identified person or a group of persons, but it also involves the whole traffic process, without identification of any individual. Contactless patrolling identifies only the vehicle that violates the traffic rules.

• Even in case of violation of traffic rules a driver is not the subject of identification; there shall be drawn up a fine-video minute in the name of the vehicle’s owner and this has been an established standard.
Contactless patrolling is approved in many western countries; it protects traffic participants: pedestrians, passengers and drivers - even when the police patrols are absent on place. According to the draft, contactless patrolling has no impact on the driving license in terms of withdrawing the scores. As for the request for deployment the special information signs, the issue is already regulated by the Law of Georgia on Police, in particular, under the 2nd clause of the article 27, the information regarding self-operating photo (radar) and video devices shall be indicated in a visible place.The MIA guides and shall guide by the principles of Law.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to charge Georgian so called crime boss, Thief Mindia Goradze, nicknamed Lava Oghli, who was detained in Moldova. According to the statement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the deportation process is underway.
“The Central Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Departments of Achara, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi are conducting the investigation of the criminal code of Article 223-I and II, Article II of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Code 18-179 Article 151.
“The investigation is into its final phase. Mindia Goradze will be soon charged. His deportation process is underway,”-says the statement.

The officers of Gori police division of Shida Kartli Police Department as a result of the investigative activities held on the basis of the operative information detained Zaza B. for plotting an armed assault.

Law enforcers managed to detain person in mask, armed with cold steel and hand grenade in Khidistavi village, when he plotted to assault a gas station.

During the personal search of the detainee policemen seized F-1 hand grenade, black gloves and medical veil.

Investigation is in progress on the fact of plotting the armed assault.