Izvor: N1 televizija, 21.Mar.2018, 22:53 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Several arrests on bribe suspicion
Serbia's police arrested five people in the southern town of Nis on suspicion of giving and taking bribe, Interior Ministry said, while PM annonced faster and more transparent courts' procedings.
In cooperation with Military police and Military Security Agency, members of Interior Ministry arreseted two doctors for taking money in exchange for sevices and three others for paying the bribe money in the southern town of Nis on Wednesday (March 21).
The arrests followed >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << an order by Nis Public Prosecutor's Office, Department for fighting corruption. The five were held in 48-hour custody, pending criminal charges and were supposed to go before the prosecutor, police said.
Last December, Serbia's police arrested 56 people on suspicion of abusing the office and damaging the budget for over eight million Euros from 2008. In November, 93 officials, among them a high-ranking police officer and a company general manager, were arrested on suspicion of corruption and business related crimes. The arrests took place all over the country, including the capital Belgrade.
Serbia has a huge corruption problem at all levels and has to seriously curb it before opening the Chapter 23 in its accession talks with the European Union.
The chapter, related to judicial reforms, is believed to be one of the toughest to negotiate, especially because corruption is deeply rooted in the society and many arrests and charges have never saw the courts' procedures, mostly due to the statute of limitation.
In an apparent effort to reform the judiciary and make its procedures more transparent, Serbia's PM Ana Brbnabic announced on Wednesday the acceleration of courts' procedings, saying that all cases would become available to the public as of April.
She added that the first e-court, an administrative one, would start in June enabling citizens to complete their cases without going to the courts.
