Law enforcement

Former Finance Minister Darius Valcov will be investigate under house arrest, the High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled on Tuesday. The decision is not definitive.

Photo credit: (c) Ilie BUMBAC / AGERPRES PHOTO

THE HAGUE - European police forces have dismantled a large international criminal network that smuggled irregular migrants to Western European countries for money, Europol said on Wednesday.

A 14-year-old girl has been wounded in the head with a tear gas canister in the Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul after police attacked protesters demonstrating against the detention of revolutionaries in the area, according to daily BirGün.

The judges of Basic Courts in Kosovo have been on strike for three weeks now, with no sign that the government intends to meet their request for a pay hike.

"The funds to meet the demands of the judges have been set aside, so the deadlock is incomprehensible," Hamdi Ibrahimi, president of the Basic Court of Pristina, said.

The UN Children Fund and the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria have signed an agreement memorandum that will aim at achieving cooperation for the protection of the right of justice for children in Bulgaria.

Since Monday, the institution of “Neighborhood Police” makes a comeback.

22 neighbors in Athens and Thessaloniki will be “guarded” exclusively by Police officers who will be patrolling their area.

President Klaus Iohannis told Interior Ministry's employees upon their annual report on Monday he would plead for decent wages and working conditions for law enforcers.

Photo credit: (c) CRISTIAN LUPASCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

BELGRADE - The Trial Chamber of the Belgrade Appellate Court decided to annul the detention sentence for the indictees charged with the crime in Strpci and release them from prison pending trial, Tanjug learnt from lawyer Nebojsa Perovic.

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.

The director of Bulgaria's Traffic Police (KAT) Anton Antonov submitted a notice for leave, but his resignation has not been accepted yet.

Antonov resigned due to personal reasons, but will remain within the system of the Interior Ministry, daily Dnevnik reports.