ZAGREB, October 5, 2018 - After a special meeting of the parliamentary Home Affairs and National Security Committee held on Thursday following allegations of an information leak and abuse of the legal system, Chief State Prosecutor Dražen Jelenić said the municipal office of the Chief State Prosecution at this moment did not have the file from 2011 about busting a prostitution ring, stressing however there were no cover-ups.

ZAGREB, October 4, 2018 - Osijek County Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal of the defence team for Blaž Curić, an agriculture ministry driver, who was arrested in Zagreb on 26 September on suspicion of alerting IT specialist Franjo Varga that he was going to be arrested for creating false text messages. The court's panel of judges dismissed the defence team's appeal as unfounded.

ZAGREB, October 4, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that the Office of the Chief State Prosecutor (DORH) was an independent institution and that the Chief State Prosecutor and relevant agencies would present their version of the events surrounding the latest case involving deputy parliament speaker and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) deputy leader Milijan Brkić when they deemed it to be necessary.

ZAGREB, October 2, 2018 - Prime Minister and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday evening that he had talked with HDZ deputy president Milijan Brkić about the latest allegations directed against him and also underscored that the HDZ wants everything to be clarified regarding media reports that in 2011 Brkić had alerted suspects involved in an elite prostitution ring that they were under police surveillance.

HDZ deputy president Milijan Brkić allegedly leaked confidential information about an investigation into elite prostitution.

ZAGREB, October 1, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Monday that his party would call for a commission of inquiry for the fake texts scandal and wondered what the USKOK anti-corruption office, State Prosecutor's Office (DORH) and Chief State Prosecutor Dražen Jelenić were doing in investigating this case.

ZAGREB, September 29, 2018 - Speaking about the fake texts scandal and leaks of information from secret preliminary investigations, Police Director Nikola Milina said on Saturday that all staffers who had access to official data in that case would be questioned, but did not specify how many people that involved.

ZAGREB, September 28, 2018 - The Osijek County Court ordered on Thursday that Blaž Curić, a chauffeur for Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolušić, be remanded in custody for a month as proposed by the USKOK anti-corruption office.

ZAGREB, September 27, 2018 - Commenting on the "fabricated text messages" affair, the head of the parliamentary home affairs and national security committee Ranko Ostojić of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) warned on Wednesday that "information involving the investigation is leaking" and that there was a possibility that some powerful people were using their position of privilege and privileged information for showdowns within their party, which was very dangerous for national security.