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After the Terrorist Attack in Moscow: The Four Defendants Remain in Custody
After the terror attack that shook the Crocus City Hall concert hall in a Moscow suburb, a Russian court has made a decisive move, extending the custody of the four defendants until May 22.
Bulgarian Defendants Deny Espionage Charges in UK Court Appearance
At the Old Bailey court, five out of the six Bulgarians accused of espionage in the United Kingdom pleaded not guilty to charges of participating in a spy network allegedly operating on behalf of Russia. The group is accused of acting under the instructions of Austrian national Jan Marsalek, who is wanted for his involvement in a major financial fraud scheme.
No end in sight in Folli Follie trial after new deferment
There appears to be no end to the legal saga involving troubled Greek jewelry company Folli Follie as the trial that had been scheduled to resume on Monday was again postponed until September 14.
Blackmail suspects remanded
Six out of seven individuals who are accused of blackmailing shopkeepers in the southern suburbs of Athens were remanded in custody on Friday.
A seventh defendant was conditionally released. All defendants denied accusations of belonging to a criminal gang, extortion, aggravated assault, damage to property and violation of the weapons law.
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Prosecutor calls for guilty verdicts in football hooligan murder case
The prosecutor in the trial over the killing of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos by a group of hooligans in Thessaloniki in February 2022 has called for all 12 defendants to be found guilty of murder.
"They all set out to kill and they succeeded," the prosecutor, Kyriaki Kliamba, said. "All the defendants intended to kill" and "did not act randomly," she added.
Court sentences five over spectacular museum heist
A German court yesterday sentenced five members of a criminal gang to up to six years in prison for snatching priceless 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in what local media have dubbed the biggest art heist in modern history.
The thieves made away with a haul worth more than 113 million euros from the Green Vault museum in November 2019.
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Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers Indicted for Crimes Against Prisoners of War
Judge Davorin Jukic told a hearing on Wednesday that the Bosnian state court has confirmed an indictment charging Dzevad Avdicevic, Ahmed Hadzajlic, Muharem Efendic and Izet Ikanovic, as commanding officers and servicemen of the Bosnian Army, with committing crimes against prisoners of war in the area of Teocak during 1993.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Pleads Not Guilty to Crime Against Humanity
"I plead not guilty," Bosko Uncanin told the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Monday after confirming that he understands the charge accusing him of committing a crime against humanity.
Pandemic Halts Major Bosnian War Crime Trials for a Year
More than a year has passed since large-scale trials for crimes committed during the war in Bosnia were put on hold at the state court in Sarajevo due to safety measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, and there is no indication of when they might resume, BIRN has learned.
Three’s a Crowd: the Albanian Crime Gang that Wasn’t
Much was expected of the Special Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime Prosecution, better known by its acronym SPAK, but within weeks it had ruled that the so-called Bajri Group was not a group at all, saying it had no evidence to prove any of the crimes, bar the match-fixing, was committed by more than two of the defendants at a time - the benchmark for an organised criminal enterprise under Al