Garibashvili's apartment in Tbilisi has been seized.

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The apartment of former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in the prestigious Vake district of Tbilisi has been seized to secure his bail in a money laundering case.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili was charged with money laundering. The Prosecutor General stated that $6.5 million was found during a search of Garibashvili's home, demanding that the former official be released on bail equivalent to $369,000.

Irakli Garibashvili's apartment in Tbilisi has been seized to secure bail in a money laundering case. The apartment is located in the prestigious Vake district, where Garibashvili permanently resides with his family, Novosti-Gruzia reported on November 14, citing the lawyer of former Georgian Prime Minister Amiran Giguashvili.

According to Giguashvili, Garibashvili's house was seized to secure the collateral. However, the lawyer petitioned the court to replace the collateral with another property, and the apartment was ultimately seized.

According to Pirveli, the market value of the 170-square-meter apartment is approximately twice the amount of the collateral. Garibashvili became its owner while working as a manager for Bidzina Ivanishvili's Cartu charitable foundation.

Irakli Garibashvili is one of the founders of the ruling Georgian Dream party. He served as Prime Minister from 2013 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2024. Since February 1, 2024, he has served as Chairman of the Georgian Dream party. On April 25, 2025, Garibashvili announced that he was resigning as Chairman of Georgian Dream and from politics in general.

Garibashvili's resignation as Prime Minister in 2024 could have been related to rumors of his expensive acquisitions, which are inconsistent with his official income as head of government, political scientists interviewed by the Caucasian Knot indicated. The Georgian media has repeatedly raised the issue of the origin of Garibashvili and his family's expensive property: in particular, his wife's collection of undeclared expensive watches, designer clothes, and jewelry, and his son's sending to study in the United States on a government plane.

On April 11, 2024, opposition members of parliament collected the required number of signatures to create a temporary investigative commission to study the legality of the origin of Garibashvili's property.