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VfGH: Mandatory Pre-trial Detention Lifted Also for Serious Crimes

Criminal Law 

The Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof; VfGH) has overturned Section 173 (6) of the Austrian Code of Criminal Procedure (Strafprozessordnung; StPO) as unconstitutional. Even in the case of serious crimes, reasons for detention must...

OGH: Local jurisdiction under Section 198 of the Financial Crimes Act (new)

The Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) issued a first decision on the new jurisdiction system in financial criminal cases. The files of judicial financial criminal proceedings submitted by a Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) pursuant t...

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