Criminal procedure

Head of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi on Thursday requested the notification of the Senate for the remand and pre-trial arrest of Darius Valcov, who tendered his resignation as Minister of Public Finance.

Darius Valcov
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A panel of judges at Zagreb County Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by lawyers for Mayor Milan Bandic and prolonged his stay behind bars.

Bandic was placed in custody on Tuesday last week on suspicion of influencing a witness, forging official documents and blocking the judicial process.

Police detained Glavas after the Croatian supreme court ruled that the former general must be transferred to remand prison until the final verdict in his war crimes trial.

MP Elena Udrea on Wednesday showed up at the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) to substantiate her denunciation against acting head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Florian Coldea.

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Upon entering the building, Udrea said she will sustain the denunciation.

A council of misdemeanor court judges has issued an indictment for 21 suspects to stand trial in connection with an attack on a gold mine in Skouries, Halkidiki, in February 2013.

Hundreds of Albanians have to endure insufficient space and bad conditions in pre-trial detention centres as a result of the unusually high number of people awaiting trial for electricity theft and breaches of the driving code.

It was creating conditions for "inhuman and degrading treatment", Rustemi said in a press conference on Monday.

Four out of 11 suspects were arrested on Jan. 22 as a part of a vast espionage investigation, which includes allegations of illegal wiretapping of top ranking state officials, including the prime minister.

A controversial judiciary bill that had stirred angry debates about measures allowing searches to be conducted on the basis of mere "reasonable doubt," without any concrete evidence, has been passed by Parliament.

Investigation launched against Farmakom owner

BELGRADE -- The Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation on Tuesday against Miroslav Bogićević, owner and director general of Concern Farmakom MB.

Six more persons are also investigated on suspicion of defrauding Privredna Banka (bank) Belgrade.

The prosecutors section of the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) decided on Monday to suspend Alina Bica as magistrate and also approved the cessation of her activity as a prosecutor with the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), following her remand in custody for 30 days.