Prosecutor files indictment against ex-secret service head

The original charges against Vladimír Pčolinský were cancelled by the Prosecutor General's Office last year.

Vladimír Pčolinský.Vladimír Pčolinský. (Source: Sme)

The case of former head of the Slovak Information Service (SIS), Vladimír Pčolinský, who was again charged with the crime of accepting a bribe, abuse of power by a public official, and with the offence related to the disclosure of confidential and reserved information in February, has been taken to court.

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A prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (ÚŠP) filed an indictment with the Specialised Criminal Court on May 17, the ÚŠP announced on its Facebook page.

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