EU Staff Member Accused of Hacking Emails of Judge

(Newswire.net — July 18, 2019) London, London — A case is proceeding before a court in England in which it is alleged an employee of a European Union rule of law mission hacked into the private email account of a British judge.  It is further alleged that the emails were given to senior staff of the European External Action Service who commenced disciplinary proceedings against the judge in retribution for his informing the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office of serious misconduct involving staff of the EU mission.  The judge had reported two EU judges to EU anti-fraud investigators (OLAF) for alleged fraud.  

The judge also alleged senior staff members of the EU rule of law mission had attempted to interfere in criminal cases.  In one case the judge alleged senior staff members of the EU rule of law mission had conspired to select specific judges to decide war crime cases ignoring the random case allocation system thereby, it is alleged, seeking to manipulate the outcome of the trial.  The Constitutional Court found EU judges of the rule of law mission had breached the defendants right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.  

An appeals board dismissed claims the disciplinary board was biased even though the disciplinary board included an employee of the EEAS who was subordinate to the person who it is alleged received the hacked emails and who initiated the disciplinary proceedings.  It is alleged the EU has refused an independent investigation into the hacking of the judges’ emails despite repeated requests from the UK Government to conduct such an investigation.  The case continues.