After a five-hour interrogation – Katica Janeva feels no guilt over the “Racket” affair


After Tuesday’s five-hour questioning over the Racket case at the Prosecution for Organized Crime, Katica Janeva told the press she didn’t feel any guilt and didn’t know whether any politicians were involved in the scandal. Asked if it was her voice promising “everything will be fine” to Jordan Kamchev in the recently released recording, Janeva …

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German SPIEGEL: The myth of the SPO has collapsed


Katica Janeva was considered incorruptible, and right in front of the SPO building, in T-shirts with the three prosecutors – Janeva, Fetai and Ristovska, the “Colorful Revolutionaries” began their protests, trying to overthrow the nationalist-authoritarian regime of Nikola Gruevski, writes the German newspaper SPIEGEL. But with the Racket affair, this myth of the heroic SPO …

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Katica Janeva arrives to testify accompanied by a lawyer


Arriving to testify at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime accompanied by a lawyer, Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva said she hoped her testimony would speed up the “Racket” investigation. “I’m still a special prosecutor,” Janeva told reporters. “My coworkers are fully authorized to represent the state in court proceedings. I hope we see several resolutions …

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Katica Janeva to be questioned today by Prosecutor Ruskovska


Chief Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva on Tuesday will be questioned by Vilma Ruskovska, the prosecutor tasked with investigating the case. Janeva’s testimony is expected to clarify several issues puzzling the public after the Racket case was opened in July. As the scandal broke out, two suspected extortionists Bojan Jovanovski and Zoran Mileski were put …

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Katica Janeva denies the request to remove Fetai and Bubevski from SPO’s Titanic 3


Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva has denied the request submitted by the defense lawyer in the Titanic 3 case to remove the SPO’s prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski from the case. Defense attorney Elenko Milanov first submitted the request to judge Marija Kletnichka, who then forwarded it the SPO as the relevant authority on …

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Janeva to rule today on the dismissal of Fetai and Bubevski from “Titanic 3”


Head Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva is to rule by 14h on Monday on whether SPO’s prosecutors Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski would be dismissed from SPO’s ‘Titanic 3’ case. Following a motion tabled by lawyer of the defense in the case, Elenko Milanov, the trial judge said a recording of the motion would be …

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Fatime Fetai: I don’t want to interfere in the “Racket” case, the SPO continues its work


Fetai refrains from commenting on Racket case Ahead of Monday’s Titanic 3 case trial, the SPO Prosecutor Fatime Fetai refrained from commenting on the latest developments in the Racket case led by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for fighting organized crime. “I wouldn’t want to comment on it. The Racket proceedings are led by a different …

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Will Katica bury the new SPO?


Next week, there will be a new meeting between the government and opposition working groups in an effort to iron out differences over the Prosecution Law. After the summer recess, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE representatives will again sit at the table, but now in an even tougher political atmosphere than twenty days ago. The “Racket” affair …

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Stefanova summoned for questioning in the “Racket” case, no details about Janeva


Special Public Prosecutor Lile Stefanova, the lead prosecutor in the “Empire” case, has been summoned for questioning on Tuesday in connection with Public Prosecutor’s “Racket” case, said Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. Prosecutor Joveski won’t say if or when SPO’s Katica Janeva would be called in. “As the process is confidential, and so as not to …

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Joveski: La Verità’s footage won’t compromise the “Racket” investigation


The video released by Italian La Verità newspaper didn’t come from sources from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, said Head Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski. He also said the video would not compromise the investigation. Asked if Katica Janeva would be called in for questioning, Joveski said all persons connected to the investigation are being and will be called …

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PPO not revealing if La Verità’s video is used as evidence


The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption investigating the “Racket” case, doesn’t specify if they are aware of the video posted on Thursday by Italian newspaper La Verità or if the video is used as evidence. “All evidence possessed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and corruption relating to the case …

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Forensic experts investigate Janeva’s second mobile phone


Digital forensic experts completed the investigation into Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva’s second phone, sources from the Public Prosecutor’s Office reveal. Prosecutor Janeva’s second mobile phone, which was first declared as lost, was found on July 23rd through tracking its International Mobile Equipment Identity number. The two mobile phones were examined by digital forensic experts for …

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Vilma Ruskovska written in the law


The Prosecution for organized crime and corruption and the current Special Prosecutor’s Office will merge into a single institution – Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and high corruption, and will prosecute the crime of the so-called “white collars”. The prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and the SPO prosecutors will merge their knowledge …

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Janeva: I’ve never misused my duties and I encourage full investigation of the ‘Racket’ case


I have never, in any way, knowingly or unknowingly, misused the duties I’m still performing. I publicly encourage the judicial bodies to fully investigate all the circumstances involving the ‘Racket’ case, Katica Janeva, the outgoing head of the Special Public Prosecution  told a news conference Tuesday. She said she knew one of the suspects in …

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Janeva’s second mobile phone found and confiscated


The second mobile phone of Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who was allegedly lost, was found and confiscated. The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime and Corruption said that the phone that was being looked for was found yesterday and will be given for forensic examination. The Public Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime and …

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