20 September 2012

A EULEX confirmation judge confirmed the indictment against former special prosecutor of the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo (SPRK) and former head of the Anti-Corruption Task Force within the SPRK N.M. and his three other co-defendants R.Z., X.Z. and M.N..

The indictment charges N.M. with abuse of official position or authority and unauthorized possession of weapons. R.Z. and X.Z. are charged with the criminal offences of trading in influence, incitement to abuse official position or authority, taking of official documents and defrauding buyers. M.N. is charged with the criminal offence of assisting to abuse official position or authority.

The EULEX confirmation judge declared all evidence presented in the case as admissible and confirmed the indictment on all counts for all the defendants.

The case is being prosecuted by a EULEX prosecutor from the district of Peja/Pec.