Special Prosecution Office

In the ongoing court case that has gripped North Macedonia, codenamed Extortion, Prosecutor Ivana Trajceva on Tuesday presented messages that the main suspect, the showman-turned-businessman Bojan Jovanovski, sent to the Prime Minister, among other people, found in his seized electronic devices.

As the high-profile "Extortion" trial continued in North Macedonia on Wednesday, a witness recalled the furnishings obtained by the now-disgraced head of the Special Prosecution Office, SJO, Katica Janeva.

It is stated that the publication of these photographs, with the approval of the Special Prosecution Office, aims at collecting data and identifying persons from the photographs.

Opposition MPs in Kosovo say the ongoing investigation into the controversial deportation of Turkish nationals last year to Turkey should not stop at low-ranking police officers and must be extended to include senior police and state officials

The prosecutor insists the 16-year-old boy from Plovdiv, who was detained in the middle of last week on suspicion of a prepared terrorist act, should be returned to detention.

The Bulgarian Prosecution announced on Saturday that it has indicted six people, five of whom are in custody, for the alleged illicit money transfer of over 25 million euros and smuggling at least 100 vehicles to Syria.

For only two hours in Burgas were detained 10 people linked to drug distribution in the region, reported the Bulgarian National Television.

Among them is the well-known local underground Tommy ''The Black'', and the police searched his car. He is known as an important figure in the real estate and imported cars market in Germany.

The Civil Society Group, which collects evidence about war crimes by Serbs in Kosovo in 1998-99, filed 150 criminal complaints to the Special Prosecution Office in Pristina.

Albania's long-awaited Special Prosecution Office, SPAK, tasked with investigating high-level cases of corruption and organised crime, has yet to be established even though its formation was approved in August last year.

Macedonian Civil rights activists and judicial experts have called the election of Jovan Ilievski as Macedonia's judge in the European Court of Human Rights a serious blunder.

His many critics at home say he kept the prosecution system under government control and is unfit for the post.