Mr. Van Quickenborne still believes “bizarre“Let him, as Minister of Justice, be assigned.”The grand jury ruled once morest them, so I’m considering this proceeding with confidence. The case is due to go to trial next week.“
The defendants chose to cite Vincent Van Quickenborne in court because he represents the Belgian State. “We simply cannot assign the prosecution or the investigating judge“, he explains.
Gazet van Antwerpen reported on Friday that the lawyers for the three defendants demanded access to the main file opened following the dismantling of the encrypted messaging service Sky ECC.
At the beginning of 2021, the federal judicial police had succeeded in cracking the encryption software of the Sky ECC network, very popular in the middle of drug trafficking. Since then, dozens of files have been opened and hundreds of arrests have been made. So many files that stem from the main file, opened as part of a judicial inquiry led by an investigating judge from Mechelen. The lawyers of three defendants believe they have the right to consult this main file in order to be able to best defend their client, but the prosecution refuses to give them access.
