Crime & Justice

NAKA Seizes Drugs and Charges 16 People in Operation Parquet Maker

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – The National Crime Agency (NAKA) has pressed charges against 16 people with the crime of setting up, masterminding and supporting a criminal group and with the drug-related crime, the police have reported on a social network, adding that ‘Operation Parquet Maker’ took place in Slovakia, Hungary and Austria.

“Police officers of the National Crime Agency detained seven persons and conducted seven house searches and 11 searches of other premises,” wrote the police, adding that during the operation they seized narcotic and psychotropic substances worth more than €40,000 and more than €300,000 in cash. They also seized motor vehicles, electronic data carriers and telecommunications equipment.

Police officers in Hungary conducted two house searches. The Austrian police detained four people and carried out three house searches, noted the Slovak police.

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

Premier: Youth in Slovakia Becoming Radicalised, Mainly Online

Young people in Slovakia are becoming radicalised, chiefly online, Premier Ludovit Odor and Interior Minister Ivan Simko told the media following a Security Council meeting on Wednesday.

Coalition MP Linhart Allegedly Attacked by Police Officer without Face Mask

Bratislava, November 3 (TASR) – The police Internal Affairs Inspectorate has received a criminal complaint from co-governing We Are Family MP Patrick Linhart, who claims that he was attacked and injured by a police major in Nove Zamky (Nitra region) on Monday when he admonished the latter for not wearing a

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