Tag: investigations

All investigations against civil society organizations and foundations that began in 2016, and been taking place for most of 2017, have now been officially closed, said Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovki at today’s meeting between representatives of the two dozen organizations. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Lazo Velkovski, the Director of Financial Intelligence,...

The Special Prosecutor's Office announced that it has opened seven new investigations against 17 people, suspected of abusing their official duties, fraud and other crimes. In the case code named "Foreign Services", two individuals are suspected of abusing their official position and authority. One individual is a former head of department of operational technique of the UBK, and the second,...

The investigation into the NGOs is finished because no illegal activities were found, reported Minister of Interior, Oliver Spasovski today. “After analyzes and consultations with the Basic Prosecutor's Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption, the Ministry of Interior, ie the Public Security Bureau together with the Financial Police Directorate, closed these investigations because there is no evidence that can...

Today, the Special Prosecutor's Office has announced the fourth six-month report regarding the SPO work for the period from 15th of March to 15th of September this year. According to the report, what is characteristic and what distinguishes it from the previous ones is that in this period charges have been submitted for most of the investigations opened by...

The Special Prosecutor's Office announced a press conference tomorrow at 12 o'clock without specifying what actually it is going to be about. However, given that the SPO’s deadline for submitting charges expires in two days, it is expected that the prosecution at tomorrow's press conference will announce which of theor open investigations will they file charges for. At the latest press...

At the press conference today, the Special Prosecutor's Office announced that it has launched four new investigations, code-named “Table”, “Three Hundred,” “Total” and “Tifany” that involve four individuals. Prosecutor Fatime Fetai said that “Table” is a code-name for a case where the prime suspect is a director of a school in Zajas, the Kichevo region, who concluded an agreement for...

The trial of the "Bribery" case has still not begun as Zoran Zaev’s legal team have requested the recusal of public prosecutor Vladimir Miloševski. Their reason, is the fact that prosecutor Vladimir Miloševski is under investigation by the SPO regarding several criminal cases. One of Zaev’s lawyers, Jakim Naumov stated that public prosecutor Miloševski is part of a criminal association...

The Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva in tonight's interview on MTV revealed that they had been on the receiving end of subtle threats. She also said that apart from the wite-tapped conversations, the SPO has sufficient other evidence on cases being processed. “For both indictments, there is enough evidence and we expect the court to act in accordance with the...

The Special Prosecutor's office expects the relevant institutions, or to be more precise, Parliament, to take notice of the need for amending the Law regarding the SPO, and to extend the deadline of 18 months in which to complete investigations as well as file charges against all suspects, the SPO has told "Meta". According to them, the period of 18...

Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, today announced that in the upcoming period, the SPO will have an increase of people frequenting their offices regarding their cases. In a written statement, they added that they would not reveal specific details because of the confidentiality of preliminary investigations. “In the upcoming period, there will be an increase in the frequency of people at...

The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) currently has seven open preliminary investigations, with 60 suspects, while the total number of investigations increases, said the spokesperson for the SPO, prosecutor Lenche Ristoska. A large number of the pre-investigate procedures, as suggested by the prosecutor, are focused on financial crime, which means more time is needed to finish them. Responding to a journalist's question,...

“We expect and believe that the President will honour his constitutional obligations and will enable the realization of the rule of law. We still expect an answer to the question we have asked the President, regarding where and how Ivanov acquired information on our confidential cases”, said Lenche Ristovksa, spokeswoman, and prosecutor at the Special Prosecutor's Office. She noted that investigations...