Austria's business procedure: WKStA is fighting against files!

Austria's business procedure: WKStA is fighting against files!

Österreich - The Economic and Corruption Prosecutor's Office (WKStA) faces enormous challenges, but the authority is able to act: last year it has completed 1,000 procedures and at the same time initiated 960 new ones, as the WKStA reported on Wednesday. It is particularly noteworthy that the number of procedures with a period of more than three years could be reduced by a third. The WKStA currently pursues 77 major procedures, which often mean millions of losses and a variety of damaged people, explained Wolfgang Handler, the deputy of the WKSTA management. 47 prosecutors, 10 economic experts and 15 IT experts are available for processing.

complex procedures and inspection of files

However, the investigation is often difficult by delayed procedures, especially in large cases such as Signa. Insurance inspection plays a winding role. Participants of a procedure have the constitutional right to take access to the files in order to understand the working method of the authority and to maintain their legal interests. This is particularly important when it comes to reviewing applications, such as Anwalt.de In fact, the right to inspect the file in the administrative procedure is essential for the "gun equality" between the citizen and the authority, whereby a comprehensive insight into the files serves to make the authority's procedure understandable.

However, WKStA also has to check many applications for inspection of files, which can cause significant delays, especially in large procedures. Around 200 investigations are currently pending, with 72 percent pure business criminal matters. While the total number of cybercrime procedures has decreased, an increase in new procedures is about 25 percent, which increasingly can be expected with fraud in the online area, such as the Cryptocurrency fraud Exw.