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Organized crime prosecutor Ruskovska suspended from office 

Organized crime prosecutor Ruskovska suspended from office 
Skopje, 16 August 2022 (MIA) - The Head of the Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption, Vilma Ruskovska has confirmed to MIA that she was suspended from office. Earlier, the Public Prosecutor's Office said the Chief Public Prosecutor, Ljubomir Joveski, has decided "to remove a public prosecutor from their position while a criminal procedure initiated after a criminal report was filed against them is under way" in accordance with the Law on Public Prosecution. The Chief Public Prosecutor has filed a proposal on opening a disciplinary procedure aimed at establishing the responsibility of three public prosecutors, suspected of "making a major professional blunder with intention and without justification," said the press release.