The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje has launched searches at 32 locations, including homes, individuals and official premises of the Ministry of Interior, as part of an investigation into the falsification of driving licences.

The investigation concerns suspicions of the criminal offense of “Document forgery,” provided for under Article 378 of the Criminal Code. The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje said that further actions are also being carried out to collect and secure evidence.

The Ministry of Interior also previously confirmed that it had launched a new operation to investigate the illegal issuance and falsification of driving licences. According to the Ministry of Interior, the operation is ongoing with the aim of shedding light on the cases and securing material evidence.

Today’s operation is linked to an investigation launched last month by the Ministry of Interior’s Internal Control Department. During that investigation, it was established that employees of the administrative services, in exchange for around 1,400 euros, had unlawfully registered categories C and D on the driving licences of people who had not taken the examinations required to drive trucks or buses.

The information available so far raises suspicions that some citizens bypassed the entire required procedure. Instead of attending training sessions and taking the examinations, they allegedly obtained the direct addition of the category to their driving licences in exchange for payment.

The post Investigation at 32 locations in Skopje into the falsification and illegal registration of driving licences appeared first on Albeu.com.

The Council of Public Prosecutors has established the committees responsible for reviewing the candidacies for the position of the new head of the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption. A total of five candidates have applied for the position.

The candidates include senior prosecutor Jove Cvetanovski; Trajçe Pelivanov, a prosecutor at the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office and former prosecutor at the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office; Lidija Raiçeviq, a prosecutor at the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje; and prosecutors at the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption, Iskra Haxhi-Vasileva and Faton Azizi.

The committee will check whether the applicants meet the legal criteria and the requirements set out in the announcement. The results of the review will be published on the Council’s website within three days, the institution’s chairman, Bashkim Besimi, announced.

Under the established rules, public prosecutors who have at least six years of uninterrupted experience serving as prosecutors by the application deadline, as well as a positive performance evaluation during the past three years, may apply for the position.

The election of the new head is scheduled to take place on October 28.

The process was opened after the mandate of the current head of the prosecution office, Islam Abazi, ended. He was elected to the position in October 2022.

Meanwhile, regarding the decision to terminate disciplinary proceedings against one of the candidates, Chief Prosecutor Saveski said he would not appeal it.

“I have accepted the decision and I believe I have already stated my position on this. I will not file [an appeal]; that is, the deadline for filing an appeal has expired,” said Nenad Saveski, chief prosecutor.

The post Five candidates for head of the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption as application vetting begins appeared first on Albeu.com.

Three people suspected in connection with water contamination in Gostivar have been remanded in custody following a request by the Gostivar Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Criminal judge Dragosllava Veselinova of the Gostivar Basic Court announced that the prosecution’s motions to impose this measure had been approved for Artana Asani, acting director of the public enterprise “Komunalec” – Gostivar; technical manager Leon Nuredini; and Vadedin Dauti, head of the Water Supply, Sewerage and Construction Department.

All three are charged with the criminal offense of “Serious offenses against the environment and nature caused by actions resulting in the contamination of drinking water.” /Telegrafi/

The post Three Suspects Remanded in Custody Over Water Contamination in Gostivar appeared first on Albeu.com.