The courts receive the first report on the swine fever investigation
A judge from Cerdanyola del Vallès will take charge of the case, which will be declared secret.
The first police report on the investigation into the origin of the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak has arrived at the courts in Cerdanyola del Vallès. The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) announced that it received a report on Tuesday regarding the ASF outbreak and that the judge in position number 2 of the Cerdanyola court of first instance will be in charge.
The announcement comes after the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Friday that it is investigating whether the swine fever outbreak originated in a laboratory And that the Minister of Agriculture, Òscar Ordeig, reported that the Catalan Government is asking the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) to investigate the sequencing of the virus in parallel with the work being carried out by the Ministry. However, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has warned that at this time there is still no open case in this matter and that it will be necessary for the judge to open the corresponding proceedings for an alleged crime against the environment in relation to the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. Furthermore, it also warned that the case is expected to be declared secret. For his part, this Tuesday, Minister Ordeig assured that the Catalan Government is offering its full cooperation in this investigation. "Everything that aims to find out will have our full support when the time comes," said Ordeig, who asked for prudence and to allow the security forces to do their work. [We are working to expand this information]
