Indictment against six people over falsified driving licences for international transport

A prosecutor from the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje has filed an indictment against six people on charges of continued crimes — falsification of documents under Article 378, paragraph 3 in connection with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

The indictment names a civil servant at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, employed as a junior adviser for travel documents in the Administrative Affairs Department – Skopje, who between September 3, 2020 and August 24, 2026 repeatedly used her access codes to alter driving licences by adding additional categories.

Drivers, intermediaries and international routes

The other five accused are drivers who, despite knowing they had not passed the required tests for C and D categories, submitted applications in agreement with the ministry employee so that the licences issued to them showed the extra categories.

According to the indictment, those falsified licences were then used to apply for and obtain certificates of professional competence allowing the holders to participate in international transport of passengers and goods. The defendants subsequently operated buses or freight vehicles in international traffic on multiple occasions.

For three of the accused — including the Ministry of Internal Affairs employee — the public prosecutor proposed continuation of previously imposed pre-trial detention. For the remaining three, who are currently unavailable to the authorities, the prosecutor requested that detention be ordered upon their discovery and that proceedings continue in their absence.

Investigative actions in the same case are ongoing to secure evidence against another 21 people suspected of acting as intermediaries or users of the falsified driving licences, and the prosecutor's office is probing other potential abuses related to the scheme.

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