Prominent prosecutor charged and suspended

Dušan Kováčik faces corruption and other charges.

Dušan Kováčik in handcuffs after the police arrested him on October 22. Dušan Kováčik in handcuffs after the police arrested him on October 22. (Source: TASR)

Special Prosecutor Dušan Kováčik, who was arrested by the police on Thursday, October 22, faces corruption and other charges.

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He has also been suspended as prosecutor, the first deputy general prosecutor, now acting general prosecutor Viera Kováčiková, has decided.

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Kováčik faces charges of accepting a bribe; founding, organising and supporting an organised crime group; abuse of powers by a public official and of threatening classified information.

He is now in detention. The assigned prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor's Office, which he headed until yesterday, has yet to decide whether they will propose pretrial custody for their former boss.

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