Monthly report on human rights in the Republic of Macedonia – April 2017

The SPO has said it has initiated several preliminary investigations with the aim of conducting financial investigations against a large number of physical and legal entities. The purpose of these pre-investigative procedures is to evaluate the real estate property of all persons for whom the procedures are open and to verify their overall financial situation. The property evaluation involves detailed checks for the entire property that the persons may own, both real and movable property. SPO urged state institutions to take appropriate measures as to prevent the data necessary for preliminary investigations to become public, which, in accordance with existing laws and regulations, are private.