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The Documentation and Communist Crime Investigation Bureau (hereinafter CCIO) examined 146 crimes (of which 32 crimes were recorded in the year monitored), 58 cases were closed. 104 persons were notified of a charge during the existence of CCIO, of which 70 have been prosecuted. In 1999, prosecution commenced in 10 cases (16 accused persons). The crimes were as follows: abuse of power by a public official, deprivation of personal freedom, abduction abroad, breaches of guard duty, and failure to act to prevent a crime. The average investigation time is 21.8 months. One investigator examined an average of 9.8 crimes. In the year monitored, charges were brought against 32 persons (9 crimes). 8 persons have been lawfully sentenced so far, 3 persons were granted an amnesty. The prosecution was stopped in 9 cases (according to Sec. 172/1 (a), 172/1 (b), 172/1 (c), 172/1 (d) of the Code of Criminal Procedure), 39 crimes were adjourned, (Sec. 159/1, 159/2, 159/4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.). The offenders are mainly former members of the State Secret Police, judges, state prosecutors, prison guards and commanders, higher ranking members of police assistants and former public officials.
The priority of documentation of CCIO was to figure out the crimes committed in 1948 - 1989. 218 cases were documented in 1999, of which 71 cases were closed, of which 25 cases were submitted to the Investigation Department.
2. Crime, Development in Individual Kinds of Crime and Security Risks