Tag: investigation

The Basic Public Prosecution for fighting organized crime and corruption has started an investigation against the current and the former manager of NLB Tutunska Bank, a former minister, an attorney, a notary public, and a citizen of Slovenia, who are all suspected of misusing their positions and authorization and were money laundering. The Public Prosecution announced today, there is a suspicion...

The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption are closely following the findings by the media and based on the findings, they have taken additional action for international legal assistance. This was part of the response by the District Attorney of the Republic of Macedonia, while answering our question, “will the outcome of the 'Magyar Telekom' case in...

The Special Public Prosecution announced a press conference for tomorrow (23rd of March) starting at 11 o’clock. “Transporter carries a total of three hundred tables at Tiffany’s", said SPO’s announcement on Twitter which in accordance with past cases, all key words start with the letter “T.”   https://twitter.com/S_J_O_/status/844597535603933184 On the 28th of February, the Special Public Prosecutor had launched a new investigation, code-named “Trust” a...

The leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, has been summoned for questioning today at 12:00 pm by the Public Prosecution in connection with the investigation into the misuse of finances in the election campaign, reported the media. Apart from Zaev, according to information from the media, others from the party will also face questioning. SDSM confirmed that they had received a summons...

The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption have launched an investigation into a “high ranking official from the Municipality of Strumica”, for the crime of abuse of office and authority, announced the Public Prosecution today. According to the prosecution, the suspect, whose identity can not be disclosed, is being charged because in 2010, on the same day, he...

Today, the Democratic Union for Integration, announced that at the last meeting of the party's presidency, they discussed the need for transparent reforms at all levels and structures of DUI. "The trust of the citizens for the implementation of election promises has been achieved by almost uninterrupted participation in all jurisdictions, which has made party exponents become the subject of...

Today, a team from the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) entered "Media Print Macedonia" (MPM) discovered "Prizma". The SPO’s purpose was to explore a part of the operation of the publishing house, who owns newspapers "Dnevnik", "Utrinski Vesnik", "West", "Macedonian Sport", magazine "Tea" and the internet portal "Telegraf" . The only owner of MPM left is the former Macedonian Foreign Minister...

The Organized Crime Department at the Public Prosecution Skopje is leading the preliminary investigation for unlawful financing of the electoral process against several NGOs and the political party Besa, reports Nova TV. The portal which is a source of the information indicates that "senior sources in the inquiry have asked to remain anonymous as they fear for their safety." According to...

The Union of the Macedonian diplomatic service called on the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate the case of the publishing of obituaries of former and current ambassadors in Macedonia on the “Imgur” internet page and to reveal the individuals who posted them there. Representatives of the union are asking the Public Prosecution to evaluate whether it is a “serious threat”...

The Ministry of Interior has identified the owner of the "Zastava" vehicle which had anti-terrorism units mobilized yesterday from the MOI after the US Embassy in Skopje reported a suspicious vehicle, which was parked outside the embassy, and was believed to have explosives . "The owner has been identified, however we can not disclose any further details as it is...

A total of 5,817 telephone numbers were illegally tapped by the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence through its monitoring systems of communication from the period of 2008 to 2015, revealed the Special Prosecutor's Office in their new case "Target", which they presented today. About ten former and current employees of UBK, which were in managerial positions or were part of...

The Special Public Prosecutor's Office have scheduled a press conference for today at 11:00 am, and will present their new investigation code named "Target". "Today at 11:00 am, a press conference will be held for a new investigation code named "Target", wrote the Special Prosecutor's Office on their profile on "Facebook". The last time the Special Public Prosecution were in public...

As election day approaches, the battle for media appearances has escalated, with it, comes the start of the theft of prime-time media slots and press conference coverage. What follows are just three examples: November 3, 2016 1. Oliver Spasovski announces a press-conference concerning Dime Spasov’s car accident 2. Dime Spasov gives an interview on television, just before the Interior Minister's press conference, at...

With the assistance from the outside expert from the Swedish company “Ericsson”, today, from the auxiliary servers from the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK), the Special Public Prosecution confiscated all the data required by the court order. This afternoon, the SPO announced that as soon as the confiscated data is further analyzed, the findings will be “shared with the...

"Ericsson" is not the owner, nor is the operator of the equipment for lawful interception of communications, said a statement today,  sent by the Swedish company. The company confirmed that on October 19, they received a request from the Special Prosecutor's Office (SPO), for technical assistance in an investigation the SPO had been conducting against the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence...

An investigator from the Special Public Prosecution was detained and taken to Beko police station. After visiting the police station, Chief Special Prosecutor, Katica Janeva stated that the they would not explain to the prosecutors why the investigator had been detained. “The investigator who was taken into police custody at Beko police station has returned to the premises of the...

No one should stand in the way of investigations of the Special Public Prosecutor because otherwise there will be no sustainable resolution of the political crisis, said Ambassador of Great Britain to Macedonia Charles Garrett, in his comment on the SPO’s investigation into the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK). Garrett, without commenting on specific details of the investigation, stressed...

The Special Public Prosecutor must it be able to conduct a full and independent inquiry, without interference, and the state institutions and political parties need to cooperate, said the US Embassy in Skopje to "Meta" in connection with the SPO’s investigation into the Administration of Security and Counterintelligence (UBK). They pointed out that by establishing accountability for the illegal wiretapping tapping is one...

Today, the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office opened two more investigation, code-named “Toplik” (meaning, sunny place) and “Tenders”. The “Toplik” investigation refers to the construction of the neighborhood Sun City, which, due to some shortcomings, it resulted in damage to the budget of approximately one million euros after contracts were signed. For this case, according to the SPO, there is a reasonable...

The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office scheduled a press conference on Thursday at 11:0am where they will announce two more investigations. The Prosecution announced this through their “Twitter” page, and their official website, as well as their “Facebook” profile. https://twitter.com/S_J_O_/status/788345577213943808 The SPO’s last press conference was on September 28, where the Special Public Prosecution announced two cases code-named “Vault”, where the prime suspects...