Criminal procedure

An Istanbul court ruled the acquittal of 83 suspects in Poyrazköy coup plot case on Oct. 2 and the case to be closed for a naval army member who died 2014.

A former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy has been acquitted of charges of being a member of an outlawed terrorist organization. 

Istanbul's 10th Court of Serious Crimes acquitted former MP Sebahat Tuncel of charges of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on July 7.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was acquitted from charges of “aggravated pimping” after standing trial in a court in Lille, France. The ruling ends four years of legal drama that began when a New York hotel cleaner accused him of sexual assault.

A 47-year-old policeman arrested in Thessaloniki earlier this week on suspicion of strangling his 7-year-old daughter was remanded in custody after facing a local magistrate on Thursday.

The files of active and formerly active judges and prosecutors in several provinces have been examined for some time, their relationships being scrutinized. This research is to determine, ?Is that judge from us? Is this prosecutor a parallel?? This research somehow blows up in Istanbul, exploding the rule of law with it.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor or a deputy will be authorized to stop financial transactions or property deals for a period of 48 hours, according to a proposal for changes to the Criminal Procedure Code tabled by four political parties.

The new powers of the Chief Prosecutor will only be exercised in exceptional cases, according to the proposal.

Retired general and former lawmaker Glavas was released from prison, where he was being held on remand while awaiting retrial for alleged war crimes against Serbs.

The United States Embassy, in the context of the rejection by the Senate of the request regarding the taking into custody and placement under preventive detention of senator Dan Sova, that parliamentary immunity "shouldn't be used abusively by some to avoid responsibility."

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BELGRADE - The Belgrade-based high prosecution suspects eight people of taking part in a war or armed conflict in a foreign country, the criminal offence that was introduced into Serbia's Criminal Code in late 2014 so as to punish fighter volunteers.

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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