All But One Corruption Suspects Walk Free

Ljubljana, 14 February - All but one of the eight suspects arrested in the past 48 hours in a spectacular operation against corruption in public contracting were released late on Wednesday after the investigating judge established there were no legal grounds for their detention. Only a member of the Air Traffic Control tendering commission has been remanded in custody.

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek (central). Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek (central).
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime. Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference by the General Police Directorate on the latest developments in the large-scale investigation of white-collar crime.
Head of criminal police at the Ljubljana Police Directorate Aleksander Jevsek and head of the group of prosecutors responsible for organised crime, Harij Furlan.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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