The abuse of office trial once morest four former top officials of the now defunct Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (BVT) and a high-ranking representative of the Federal Office for Aliens Law and Asylum (BFA) begins at the Vienna Regional Court on Friday. They are accused of having accommodated a general of the Syrian state security in Austria and procured asylum for him despite the lack of legal requirements.
Possible abuse of office: Ex-BAT officials in court
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