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Slovak authorities have charged four people in connection with the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kusnirova, according to statement by the Special Prosecutors’ office on Monday. The suspects were named as Marian Kocner, Alena Zsuzsova, Tomas Szabo and Miroslav Marcek. A state prosecutors spokeswoman said in a statement that the six charges filed included pre-meditated murder, for which they could face between 25 years and life in prison if found guilty. 27-year-old Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova were shot dead in their home in Velka Maca, 65 kilometres east of Bratislava on February 25, 2018....
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The lead suspect in the case of the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova has told investigators that the killing was ordered by a Russian citizen, according to the Slovak TV station JoJ. Miroslav Marcek, a former soldier who confessed to shooting dead Kuciak and Kusnirova in their home in February 2018, told police that he was contracted by a middle man named Zoltan Andrusko who told Marcek that the hit had been ordered by an acquaintance of his in Russia. In March, Slovak police announced that they were investigating Slovak businessman Marian Kocner for order...
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A total of 44 people, including a prison officer, have been arrested in an operation in which a drug trafficking organisation made up of members of the Italian Ndrangheta and the Spanish Castañas clan has been dismantled and 2,744 kilograms of hashish have been seized, according to a statement by Spanish police. In the operation carried out by Spain’s Civil Guard, the National Police and the Italian Carabinieri 34 homes were searched in Spain and Italy, in which in addition to the hashish 2.5 kilograms of marijuana, 72,525 euros in cash, twelve firearms and fourteen vehicles, among other effects were...
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Organised crime is the biggest threat to security in Europe, far exceeding that of terrorism and migration, according to security officials who spoke at a conference hosted by Europol in the Hague on Tuesday. "Organized crime currently represents the highest risk for the internal security of the European Union,"Jari Liukku, head of the European Centre for Organised Crime at Europol told a conference organized by the European agency for cooperation between criminal police and the Italian anti-mafia agency. According to speakers at the conference, organised crime has been "in the shadows" in recent years due to a wave of terrorist...
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A former soldier has confessed to the murder of Slovakian journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee last year, according to Slovakian media reports. The news site Aktuality.sk, for which Kuciak worked, reports that the man, named Miroslav Marcek, has confessed to the crime. Sources quoted by the local television network RTVS have confirmed the confession. Kuciak and his partner, Martina Kusnirova, were shot dead at their home in February 2018 as the reporter was about to publish an article in which he revealed ties of people close to the Social Democratic government with the Calabrian mafia, as well as alleged...
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Slovak police have named the man suspected of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée as businessman Marian Kochner. Until now, the Slovak prosecutor's office referred to him only as Marian K. 27-year-old Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova were shot dead in their home in Velka Maca, 65 kilometres east of Bratislava on February 25, 2018. The reporter had researched links between the Italian mafia and Slovak politicians. According to previous reports, Marian Kochner, who has been in prison for corruption since june last year, paid 70,000 euros to have Kuciak murdered. The police said the charges against...
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Germany has a “massive problem” with money laundering by criminal organisations in its property sector, according to a report by the German branch of Transparency International. Billions of euros are washed every year through the German real estate market by serious criminals and corrupt officials from Germany and around the world, the report says. Transparency International estimates that Some 30 billion euros worth of criminal assets were laundered in Germany in 2017. "For us it is clear: There is a massive problem with money laundering in real estate in Germany. The current laws and the equipment of the investigating authorities...
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The latest developments in the investigation of the murder of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, Martina Kusnirova, point to Hungary, from where it seems that the weapon used in the crime originated, says the Hungarian news outlet HVG.hu which cites a "European police report". The weapon, which according to the Slovak police was a 9-millimeter pistol, could have been sold to the killers by a Hungarian citizen, the newspaper said. This man, resident in the Hungarian town of Zebegény, north of Budapest, and identified with the initials KL, was arrested last Thursday. "Different telecommunication data also...
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Police in Slovakia have arrested several suspects in the investigation into the assassination last February of the investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova, according to Slovakian media reports. The chronicler and fiancé Martina Kusnirova, both 27, were shot dead on February 21st at their home in Vel'ka Maca, 65 kilometers east of Bratislava. According to local media, among the arrested there is a former policeman and a martial arts expert, who in the past had also worked for a security agency. One of the people detained is suspected of having carried out the murder. Writing on Facebook...
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Albania was the country of origin of most marijuana for Italian and European markets in 2017 according to a report published last week by the Italian central anti-drug services department. "Imports of marijuana from Albania have increased significantly, reaching a record of seizures of over 90 tonnes in 2017, compared to 41 tonnes in 2016," reads the annual report, which adds that "the trend of confiscation in Italy is linked to the cultivation of marijuana in Albania." Furthermore, the publication mentions that 2017 marked the case of the "biggest seizure that has ever taken place in the Marche region; equal...
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