The Public Prosecution investigated 38 terror-related cases and referred them to the criminal courts and 18 of which are still pending trial.
Public Prosecutor, Dr. Ali bin Fadhl Al-Bouainain, released the compiled figures in a press conference during which he gave a round-up of 2013 achievements. Twenty cases referred by the Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security are under investigation at the Public Prosecution, including the violations which marred the animal farm project in Al-Hamala.
The Public Prosecution has referred six cases of corruption to competent criminal courts – of which five are still pending trial, including imported rotten meat and the embezzlement case at the General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI).
The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Evidence reported 16,071 samples, 46, 852 lab tests, up by 20.67% per cent, compared with 2012. It has also issued 4584 reports during the same period. The overall number of traffic-related cases topped 23,626 last years, down from 34, 645 cases in 2012.
Cases referred to the Capital and Northern prosecutions decreased, while in Muharraq the number increased slightly. The number of drug-related cases dropped by more than 50% in 2013 to top 926, compared with 2088 drug cases in 2012.
The cases of theft also dropped substantially to 5,125 last year, down from 5575 cases in 2012. The Public Prosecution referred five human trafficking cases to competent penal courts – of which one case is still pending trial.