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Hamran: NAKA Head and Police Corps Vice-presidents to Vacate Their Posts

Hamran: NAKA Head and Police Corps Vice-presidents to Vacate Their Posts

Bratislava, October 8 (TASR) – Incumbent National Crime Agency (NAKA) head Eva Kurrayova will vacate her post on October 15, while Police Corps Vice-presidents Jana Maskarova and Robert Bozalka will follow suit by the end of 2021, acting Police Corps president Stefan Hamran announced on Friday at a press conference. In

Court Releases Peter Sch. and Four NAKA Investigators from Custody

Court Releases Peter Sch. and Four NAKA Investigators from Custody

Bratislava, October 1 (TASR) – Bratislava Regional Court on Friday released from custody Peter Sch. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who temporarily headed the Internal Affairs Inspectorate (UIS), and four investigators of the National Crime Agency (NAKA), court spokesperson Pavol Adamciak told TASR on the same day. According to Adamciak,

Charges Filed in Connection with Preparation of Top Prosecutors' Murders

Charges Filed in Connection with Preparation of Top Prosecutors' Murders

Bratislava, September 28 (TASR) – A Special Prosecutor’s Office (USP) prosecutor has filed charges against five persons on Tuesday at the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) – Marian K., Alena Zs., Tomas Sz., Dusan K. and Darko D. (names abbreviated due to legal reasons), TASR learnt from spokeswoman for the Prosecutor-General’s

Kolikova: Admin Courts Might Be Located in Trnava, Banska Bystrica and Kosice

Kolikova: Admin Courts Might Be Located in Trnava, Banska Bystrica and Kosice

Bratislava, September 27 (TASR) – First-instance administrative courts might be placed in Trnava, Banska Bystrica and Kosice, Justice Minister Maria Kolikova told a news conference on Monday. The proposal has been included in the bill on setting up administrative courts that the Justice Ministry is submitting for inter-departmental review. “I believe

Dusan K.: My Sentence Is Execution and Throwback to 1950s

Dusan K.: My Sentence Is Execution and Throwback to 1950s

Trencin, September 23 (TASR) – Convicted ex-special prosecutor Dusan K. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons) stated on Thursday via his lawyer Jan Krsiak in regards to his trial at the Specialised Criminal Court that during the eleven months he’s spent in custody one of the biggest farces he’s

Dennik N Daily Journalists See Charges against Them Dropped

Dennik N Daily Journalists See Charges against Them Dropped

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – A Bratislava region prosecutor has ordered that the charges that were pressed against Dennik N daily journalists Monika Todova and Konstantin Cikovsky should be dropped, as they are unlawful and unsubstantiated, TASR learnt from Prosecutor-General’s Office spokesman Dalibor Skladan on Tuesday. The spokesman explained that

Ex-special Prosecutor Dusan K. Found Guilty by Specialised Criminal Court

Ex-special Prosecutor Dusan K. Found Guilty by Specialised Criminal Court

Pezinok, September 20 (TASR) – Former special prosecutor Dusan K. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] was found guilty of arranging former “Takacovci” crime boss Lubomir Kudlicka’s release from police custody in exchange for a €50,000 bribe and of leaking information about criminal prosecutions. At its session on Monday,