“The Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime submitted the request for trial of criminal proceedings against the ten defendants charged with the criminal offense “Violation of equality of participants in public tenders or auctions.”

The investigation resulted in illegal actions committed by the head of the Central Purchasing Body, Director of Purchasing Agency, in cooperation with the members of the Procurement Unit; as well as members of the Bid Evaluation Commission who, contrary to the public procurement rules have favoured the merger of the legal entities declared winners contrary to the public procurement rules, resulting in violation of the freedom of tender participants and creation of unfair advantages for the third parties./p.s./