The Chisinau City Appeals Court rejected 14 of the 16 appeals filed by prosecutors against ordinary court’s judgments by which the requests to arrest the accused in the Metalferos case were rejected. The court is to yet pronounce on the other two appeals, IPN reports.
The Prosecutor General’s Office said the prosecutors insisted on the remand detention of the culprits given the gravity of the accusations, the social resonance of the case and the circumstances that could make the persons impede the investigations and avoid criminal liability.
On August 5, the Ciocana branch of the Chisinau City Court rejected prosecutors’ requests to remand the 16 persons arrested in the Metalferos case. The judges decided that nine of the accused, among who are four police officers, will be placed under judicial control, while the other seven will be put under house arrest for a month.
Last week, the PGO charged the 16 persons with considerable swindle and money laundering committed in the interests of a criminal organization. The prosecutors requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to suspend the four police officers for the period of the investigations.
