More than 100 police officers carried out raids on Wednesday, 16 September, at several locations across Slovakia as part of an operation codenamed Giezi. The operation was conducted by the financial police unit of the Bureau for Combating Organized Crime of the Police Force Presidium. Police detained ten people in connection with the raids. korzar.sme.sk ↗
The operation took place in the Bratislava, Trnava, Trenčín, Žilina and Košice regions with several police units involved, Police Force Presidium spokesman Roman Hájek said. Police described the case as suspected serious property crime. Citing ongoing procedural steps, they gave no further details. teraz.sk ↗
According to TV Markíza, the case may involve a pyramid scheme in which the perpetrators could have taken more than €20 million from people. The broadcaster reported that investigators and forensic technicians spent more than six hours searching a family house in the Považská Teplá part of Považská Bystrica and led a man away in handcuffs. Officers also carried out searches in Jasenica and at a site in Trnava, where they seized computers, documents and electronics. tnlive.sk ↗
In the Považie region, police are examining names known from previously reported cases, according to Markíza. In one of them, more than a thousand people were allegedly harmed after putting their savings into a fund promising a better pension. The other concerned the Topfest festival, for which people bought tickets but which never took place. tnlive.sk ↗
The news site Topky reported that, according to its information, the operation concerned investment fraud involving a well-known company, and that the National Bank of Slovakia had also warned about the scheme. It did not name the company, and police have not confirmed the report. topky.sk ↗
As of Thursday morning, police have not announced whether anyone has been charged. The next step is bound by a fixed deadline. Under the Slovak Constitution, police must release a detained person or hand them over to a court within 48 hours. Since the ten people were detained on Wednesday morning, it must be clear by Friday morning at the latest who will be released and who will be handed over to a court. Once the court takes over a detainee, a judge has 48 hours, or 72 hours in the case of particularly serious crimes, to decide on custody. Release does not rule out charges, as a prosecution can continue without custody. Constitution of the Slovak Republic, Art. 17 ↗
Updated Operation Giezi: police detain ten people. TV Markíza reports fraud worth over €20 million
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Od ľudí mohli vylákať až 20 miliónov eur. Detaily veľkej policajnej akcie naprieč Slovenskom
tnlive.sk (Markíza)
| 17:25 16.09.
Veľká policajná akcia. Razie majú súvisieť s podozrením z podvodu
tnlive.sk (Markíza)
| 11:01 16.09.
Rozsiahla razia polície pre podozrenie z investičného podvodu: zadržali už 10 ľudí
aktuality.sk
| 09:10 16.09.
Polícia spustila veľkú akciu Giezi. Zasahuje vo viacerých krajoch, aj na východe Slovenska
korzar.sme.sk
| 09:33 16.09.
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