He was Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Georgia from 2008 to 2012. He pursued a zero-tolerance policy for crime. In early June 2011, Sakvarelidze said he has requested the Tbilisi City Court issue an arrest warrant for Badri Bitsadze, who was accused of organizing attacks on policemen during anti-governmental protests in May 2011 and did not pay 100,000 Laris for bail. Sakvarelidze was an MP in the Parliament of Georgia, representing the opposition
United National Movement party, between 2012 and 2015. On 16 February 2015, Sakvarelidze was appointed as Deputy
General Prosecutor of Ukraine. Sakvarelidze was also granted
Ukrainian citizenship. In office he accused colleagues of taking bribes to protect the freezing of assets of allegedly gained from
corruption. In March 2016, he was fired from the General Prosecutor office charged with a “gross violation of the rules of prosecutorial ethics”. At the end of 2016, he joined Saakashvili's
Movement of New Forces party. ==Controversy==