Organised crime groups in Georgia (country)

The Mkhedrioni () was a paramilitary group in the Republic of Georgia created in 1989 by Jaba Ioseliani, known for its high-profile involvement in the Georgian Civil War and the War in Abkhazia. In 1995, the Mkhedrioni was outlawed and refused registration after being reconstituted as the Union of Patriots political party. Mkhedrioni forces were notorious for criminal activities such as banditry. With the high-ranking Mkhedrioni leaders such as Jaba Ioseliani being accused of the involvement in the assassination attempt of Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze in 1995, the authorities cracked

umbrella term for Georgian organized crime groups