Houses and land owned by Georgians were ransacked and taken over by the Abkhaz, Russians, Cossacks and other newcomers.[citation needed] These allegations are currently[when?] being investigated by the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has recently given its recognition to and condemned the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia.[citation needed] Although many separatist militants have been accused of committing massacres none of them have yet been tried.[citation needed]