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The investigation into the pedophile caught in correspondence

07.10.2010

 

The Norwegian no longer works in the OSCE and no diplomatic immunity that could protect.

The investigation into the pedophile scandal stuck in correspondence of diplomatic immunity of the High Representative of the OSCE which it did not!

Foreign Ministry sent notes to the OSCE that seek explicitly to declare that the court  waive the immunity of diplomats in order to prolong the investigation leads Prosecution Units .But the observer mission say they can not give up something you do not have. Norwegian as suspect in so longer   employed in the OSCE in Skopje, resigned after a two months.

Source in OSCE explained that under the Vienna Convention Article 39, paragraph 2, immunity does not protect diplomats from liability for acts that might make outside of work in their spare time .Immunity that the diplomat had only applies to written documents acts and deeds that have taken during the service. But, Norwegian had no diplomatic immunity that could protect the investigation for allegedly possessing pedophile material.

Correspondence between units Prosecution, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a mediator and the OSCE Mission in the country, last summer by. According to prosecutor Marko Zvrslevski, before the rest were requested additional information regarding the status of the Norwegian diplomat and his ability to be stripped of diplomatic immunty.The answer arrived yesterday at the address of MFA.
 
As we learn it is stated that the suspect resigned of June 9 this year and is no longer part of the diplomatic mission of  the  OSCE. But it is not clearly stated whether the mission is giving up his diplomatic immunity.

‘’Probably we will the OSCE to state clearly whether he would waive hid diplomatic immunity pursuant to the Agreement was signed with the observation mission. It provided the mandate duration, the mission’s status, privileges and immunities, and liabilities of the country to the  OSCE, said Borce Stamov of MFA.

Earlier in the diplomatic immunity of officials fences and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs who he conveyed the Swedish newspaper “Svenska dagblade” revealed that the suspect has no Norwegian diplomatic passport.

According to the Prosecution units even after being received and additional information may continue the investigation and inspections to complete the dossier about  pedophile scandal. Hence do not amount to more detail because of the sensitivity of the case, not specify where to check whether there impaired children from Macedonia were involved in the pedophile scandal.

‘’Due to the complexity of the subject carried out additional checks and abroad also home” comment from Prosecution.

The case of pedophilia was released when the media and the First Children’s Embassy Megjashi began arriving anonymous letters. They stated that employee of the Norwegian high position in the OSCE in Macedonia sexually abusing children. He, allegedly repeatedly offering them money lured the children under age 14 from the country and sexually abusing. Ministry of interior in early summer brought criminal charges against thirty-eight-year Norwegian for possessing child pornography in a computer system. In his computer is alleged to have been found about 150 gigabytes of pornographic materials in the form of videos and photos with child pornography content and more than 30,000 photographs of children. The Norwegian is not available to the police   after the May 16 this year has left the country and went on vacation in his country.

Source:

http://www.utrinski.com.mk/?ItemID=4C149ABEE8C94242AE8F1743F75BF605

Translated by:
Julijana Kolcheva
volunteer at First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi