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support as part of Georgia’s contribution to and membership of the
Global Coalition to Counter ISIL” 33 .
According to the report, the Georgian Government took steps both
on the international arena and on the level of country’s legislature.
The amendments in laws were addressed towards strengthening the
counterterrorism fight in Georgia and to ban, on a state level, any
propaganda or recruitment of ISIS 34 . Moreover, the Georgian Bureau
of Investigation established the Counter Terrorism Task force, which
was aimed at creating “a state-level protective-security/rapid-reaction
task force” 35 . This body is supposed to rapidly react to any kind of
threat or supposed threat of terrorist act, as well as to prevent further
development of the recruitment from the regions of Georgia.
Importance is also given to the financing of the terrorist
organization, which, according to the report, Georgian government
counts as equal of a crime as being an actual member of an
organization. That is why, the state during these years joined international
organizations that concentrate on fighting against financing terrorist
organizations. These organizations include the Committee of Experts
on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the
Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) and Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) 36 .
Since terrorism is a matter of concern for many countries of the
world, there have been some regional counterterrorism organizations
created, a member of which Georgia also is. The Georgian government
has been expressing its aitittude towards terrorism and their actions
towards helping the counterterrorism organizations through annual
reports to the U.S. Department of State.
33
Chapter
2,
Country
Reports:
Europe
Overview,
2014,
https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239406.htm
34
Ibid
35
Investigation Division, Counterterrorism Task Force, Georgia Bureau of
Investigation, https://investigative-gbi.georgia.gov/counter-terrorism-task-force
36
Chapter
2,
Country
Reports:
Europe
Overview,
2014,
https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239406.htm
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