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SIG-GEO-004

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country
Georgia
date text
04/03/2026
actor text
Georgian Dream
campaign id
GEO-CAMP-001
confidence notes
Exact March 4 2026 — OCCRP, Verfassungsblog, HRW, Georgia Today confirm.
date confidence
exact
excerpt
OCCRP Mar 4 2026: "Places country's entire civil society at immediate risk of criminal prosecution." 6 years prison for unauthorized grants; 9-12 years for "money laundering for political purposes." Verfassungsblog: "Criminality depends not on independently wrongful conduct but on foreign link + absence of authorization."
id
SIG-GEO-004
incident id
GEO-004
normalized date
2026-03-04
observation
country
Georgia
actor function
execution
actor primary
Georgian Dream
actor type primary
Government Official
campaign id
GEO-CAMP-001
campaign phase
Phase 5: Systemic Assault
campaigns served
GEO-CAMP-001
case id
GEO-004
channel primary
Official/Regulatory
confidence notes
Exact March 4 2026 — OCCRP, Verfassungsblog, HRW, Georgia Today confirm.
consequence category
Legal/Administrative
date confidence
exact
enabler status
Active — most severe
enabler type
Legislative Framework
escalation stage
5
event date normalized
2026-03-04
event date raw
04/03/2026
harm track
Track 1 — Legal/Administrative
institutional consequence
Civil society financing criminalized
narrative density
high
narrative origin
hybrid
primary narrative code
NF-03
primary narrative label
Regulatory / AML Framing
secondary narrative code
NF-06
secondary narrative label
Destabilization Agent
signal id
SIG-GEO-004
source text excerpt
OCCRP Mar 4 2026: "Places country's entire civil society at immediate risk of criminal prosecution." 6 years prison for unauthorized grants; 9-12 years for "money laundering for political purposes." Verfassungsblog: "Criminality depends not on independently wrongful conduct but on foreign link + absence of authorization."
source type
Official/Regulatory
source url
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/georgia-tightens-control-over-foreign-funding-for-ngos-and-media
tactic code
TC-23 criminal version; TC-24 prior authorization
target
All civil society; independent media; individuals
target type
Sector
trigger to signal lag
4-7
trigger type
TR-06: Legislative Milestone
source type
Official/Regulatory
source url
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/georgia-tightens-control-over-foreign-funding-for-ngos-and-media
target text
All civil society; independent media; individuals

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