The Regulation Workplace refuses to make a remark over final week’s shock requested suspension of legal prosecution for 3 defendants – an Israeli and two Cypriots – within the island’s much-publicized spy van case.
The case – earlier than Larnaca district court docket – was to be referred on to an Assize Court docket when the Regulation Workplace put the brakes on this improvement, Philenews reviews.
A state prosecutor requested, as an alternative, for an finish to the legal prosecution of Israeli Tal Dillian, a former intelligence officer, and two Cypriot staff of his Larnaca-based corporations.
Solely the corporate beneath which the van is registered remains to be beneath indictment and if violations are established then the court docket can solely impose a superb, insiders stated.
Police launched an investigation in November 2019 after the proprietor of the corporate gave an interview to Forbes basically promoting his providers, which included covert surveillance and eavesdropping, amongst others.
The automobile, a transformed GMC ambulance, is alleged to be loaded with gear able to hacking good telephones and intercepting digital communications inside a one-kilometre radius.
Insiders stated no proof had been discovered that the van had been used to spy on residents. However that there was proof of violation of private information and offences regarding the importation of the tools, which had been declared as climate devices.
Opposition Akel social gathering accused the federal government of making an attempt to place a lid on a severe case.