In recent days, information has been disseminated in the Azerbaijani media regarding the detention of businessman Şəmsi Səmədzadə (Səmədoğlu) in Georgia. No statement has been made by official Georgian bodies regarding the matter to date. Modern.az has conducted an investigation into the topic.
No official response has been provided to our inquiry sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Journalist Ilkin Huseynov, head of the Azerbaijani-language website aktual.ge and "Aktual Media", operating in Georgia's Kvemo-Kartli region, also stated in his declaration to our website that, Georgian law enforcement agencies, particularly the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have not disseminated any official information regarding this matter.
"News related to this information is only found in the Azerbaijani media. However, no information regarding the matter has been published in the Georgian press. Although Azerbaijani media outlets report the detention of an Azerbaijani businessman in Georgia, it is unknown in which region of the country the incident occurred. Furthermore, Georgian law enforcement agencies, particularly the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have not published any official information regarding this matter. In some cases, an official statement is issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs a few days after individuals suspected of committing a crime are detained. However, at the current stage, there is no confirmed official information regarding the topic you inquired about".
It should be recalled that Şəmsi Səmədzadə was a well-known entrepreneur in Azerbaijan during the early years of independence. He was arrested in 2000, at the age of 36, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Şəmsi Səmədzadə was released in 2022 by a pardon decree.
