“Prevention of electoral crime during May 11”, SPAK approves a plan of measures: Investigative groups will be established!

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SPAK has approved a plan of measures to prevent electoral crimes in the parliamentary elections, which will take place on May 11.

Through an official announcement, SPAK says that a Task Force will be established, consisting of a central structure and field investigation groups that will carry out investigative actions during the election period.

These field investigation groups will be composed of prosecutors, BKH investigators, financial investigators and administrative support staff.

SPAK Announcement:

The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has approved a plan of measures in the framework of the investigation and prevention of electoral crimes for the 2025 parliamentary elections.

These measures were issued by Order of the Head of the Prosecution Office, on 24.01.2025, based on the criminal and procedural legislation in force, as well as in implementation of the “Strategy for the Investigation and Prevention of Electoral Crime during the 2025 Parliamentary Elections”, of this institution.

MAIN MEASURES:

Establishment of an investigative group (Task Force):
The investigative group consists of a) a Central Structure and b) dedicated investigative groups in the field that will carry out investigative actions during the election period.

The Central Structure will be headed by the Head of the Special Prosecution Office and will include prosecutors, BKH investigators, financial investigators, experts and administrative support staff.

Monitoring and Investigation:

The field investigation groups will be composed of prosecutors, BKH investigators, financial investigators, administrative support staff, divided into 12 Regions and 61 Municipalities.

The field investigation groups will focus on preventing and investigating criminal offenses related to the use of public administration, state infrastructure, and the involvement of criminal groups in the electoral process.

Cooperation:

The Director of the Prosecution, based on the assessment of the situation, signs a cooperation agreement with the Prosecutor General, the Director of the State Police and the State Commissioner of
One of the BKH investigators is designated as the responsible person, who will be in close contact with the Central Election Commission, with the aim of exchanging information and data in real time.

During the election period, the investigative groups in the field also coordinate and cooperate with the heads and the available prosecutor of the prosecutor’s offices of general jurisdiction, the heads of police directorates and heads of law enforcement agencies, other public institutions, the media, civil society and local government in the area they cover.

Complaints and Public Relations:

A special platform will be set up for complaints from citizens and institutions, including an emergency number, online reporting and an email address. We specify that:
“Information received through this platform is considered informative in nature. Meanwhile, criminal reports will only be considered those that are filed with the prosecutor’s office in written form and in a regular procedural form. Prosecutors are obliged to make decisions and notify the complainant only for these criminal reports.”
A special working group will be established that will monitor data made public in the media and social networks and will then forward this data to the Central Structure and investigative groups in the field.

Financial Monitoring:

A working group composed of financial investigation investigators and other experts in the field in the Special Prosecutor’s Office will monitor the use of the budget and public investments that are not allowed to be carried out during the election period by special entities.

The Special Prosecution Office invites all citizens, state and private institutions, civil society, the media and the general public to actively engage in support of this process, contributing to the implementation of the law and electoral transparency. Documented and evidence-based complaints are essential to detect and prosecute any criminal act that undermines the integrity of the elections.

The Special Prosecution Office guarantees prompt, professional and independent treatment of any information received and invites the public to use official channels for complaints, thus contributing to an effective and timely investigation of criminal offenses within the framework of electoral crime in the jurisdiction of the Special Prosecution Office.

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