Directions and specific timetables for the completion of the investigative work were given by the heads of the Legal Service to the police investigators
The investigation of a number of cases, mainly on naturalization issues, is at an advanced stage, with police interrogations continuing at an intensive pace. This was noted, inter alia, during today's lengthy meeting at the Legal Service, held under the Attorney General of the Republic Mr. George Savvidis and Assistant Attorney General Mr. Savvas Angelides, to assess the progress of interrogations conducted by police investigators in serious criminal cases mainly related to naturalisation issues.
The meeting, which lasted for more than four hours, was also attended by the Chief of Police, the Director of the Police Headquarters' Criminal Investigation Department, lawyers from the Criminal Section of the Legal Service and Police investigators. During the meeting, there was also a fruitful exchange of views in the context of which the Legal Service gave the necessary directions to the Police investigators in relation to the pending cases and at the same time, timetables were set for the completion of the interrogations and the submission of completed police files to the Legal Service for final evaluation.
It is noted that, in addition to the almost daily meetings of Police investigators with officials of the Legal Service that are held for guidance and the A practice which, as the Attorney General indicated, has been institutionalized in recent months and as such will continue, as it lends itself to a comprehensive and integrated assessment of cases and the setting of timetables towards the fastest possible advancement of interrogations.
(BL)
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