Statute of limitations

On the second day of the trial of former Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou, who is accused of tampering with the so-called Lagarde list of wealthy Greek savers, a prominent professor of constitutional law claimed that the charges have expired under the statute of limitations.

The Saturday Mothers group, made up of the mothers of people who have disappeared under state custody in Turkey in recent decades, has launched a joint campaign with the Human Rights Foundation (?HD), against the application of the statute of limitations in a number of cases.

In recent weeks, about 20 women have come forward to accuse veteran U.S. comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault and even rape.

But with most of the alleged attacks now more than 10 years in the past, the 77-year-old Emmy and Golden Globe winner - who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing - is unlikely to face criminal charges due to statutes of limitations.

A prosecutor submitted the case file regarding the controversial procurement of four German submarines to Parliament on Wednesday. The file was based on minutes recorded during a parliamentary plenary session and submitted to prosecutors by SYRIZA MP Zoi Constantopoulou.

The trial of Yiannis Sbokos, former head of arms procurements at the Defense Ministry, and Antonis Kantas, an ex-deputy in the same department, was pushed to April 28 on Monday, after the defendants’ legal teams argued that the charges brought against them had expired under the statute of limitations.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Special Court Monday rejected charges against Mihalj Kertes, former director of Federal Customs Bureau of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accused of illegally transferring state money to Cyprus, as the statute of limitations (SOL) in the case has expired.