Slovakia's Chief Prosecutor Reassigns Major Police Corruption Case

Slovakia's Prosecutor General Maroš Žilinka has removed a high-profile police corruption case from a Trnava prosecutor and transferred it to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Banská Bystrica. The case, known as Operation Kajúcnik, involves charges against several police officers including Ján Čurilla and Pavel Ďurka, as well as prosecutor Michal Šúrek, who were indicted two weeks ago by the police inspection unit. Prosecutor Michal Žeňuch from Trnava, who had been overseeing the case, now faces potential disciplinary proceedings in addition to losing the case. The Operation Kajúcnik investigation represents the latest in a series of major corruption cases targeting law enforcement officials in Slovakia, where police inspection units investigate misconduct within the force itself.