“Illegal act” – Pilnacek tape: Public Prosecution Service starts investigation

It is assumed that the man who made the recordings with content critical of the ÖVP is the target of the Public Prosecution Service’s investigation. However, there is no confirmation of this. The ‘profile’ reported on Saturday that the investigation was conducted under Article 120 of the Criminal Code (‘misuse of listening devices’).

Third man consents to prosecution
In order to investigate this crime, the public prosecutor actually needs the consent of the person who has been tapped. The now deceased Pilnacek can no longer grant this. But according to ‘profile’, the third man who was at the table on the night of the recording gave his consent. The German entrepreneur confirmed to the magazine that he had emphasized during his interrogation by the State Criminal Investigation Department that he too had fallen victim to the “illegal act”.

The conversation between Pilnacek, who officially died by suicide on October 20, was secretly recorded – the content indirectly reached the “Krone”, the ORF and other media. The methodology must be rejected. However, the contents of the tape contain explosive material. He was asked to stop the investigation. “I can’t do that, I’m not going to do it,” Pilnacek said during the summer interview.

Zadic has set up a U committee
A U Commission, set up by Justice Minister Alma Zadic (Greens), should investigate the question of whether the People’s Party actually tried to influence judicial investigations, as Pilnacek, once the most powerful judicial officer in the republic, said. in the interview on July 28 in a chic restaurant in the center of Vienna.