Organization : Ministry of the Interior
Facility : How To Report a Criminal Offence?
Country : Croatia
Website : https://mup.gov.hr/aliens-281621/how-to-report-a-criminal-offence/281642
How To Report a Criminal Offence in Croatia?
Criminal offences should be reported to the police, that is, a police administration or a police station. In case of an emergency which requires a rapid response from the authorities responsible for preventing further harm, obtaining evidence related to the committed criminal offence and identifying the perpetrator or a person who is reasonably suspected of involvement in a criminal offence, you can:
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** contact the police by dialling 192 hotline number or by calling the nearest police station. You may remain anonymous, depending on how you report the criminal offence.
** More precisely, if you contact the competent police administration/station in writing, you are not obligated to provide any personal data.
** If you come to the administration/station in person, you are obligated to provide personal data and a record will be made of the information you provide about the criminal offence,
** inform the police by coming to the nearest police station where a record will be made of the information you provide, or
** inform a police officer in the area.
The police are available 24/7. Police officers are always nearby and ready to react immediately to any reported criminal offence. A criminal offence which does not require an immediate reaction may be reported to the police or the State Attorney’s Office in writing.
The police force is a government authority responsible for initiating criminal prosecution for all crimes subject to ex-officio prosecution. As such, it informs the competent State Attorney’s Office of any knowledge regarding criminal offences as soon as possible. The police force is obligated to undertake all legal actions in order to ensure criminal prosecution of all perpetrators and it informs the competent State Attorney thereof.
Through their work, the State Attorney’s Office and the police have the responsibility to build the trust that citizens have in the system’s authorities and their capabilities for preventing negative consequences of criminal offences for the benefit of the whole society.
Cross-Border Cases:
** The Crime Victims Compensation Act specifies the competent authorities and procedure applied in cross-border cases.
** Cross-border cases can be domestic and foreign.
** A domestic cross-border case is a case where the crime was committed on the territory of Croatia, and the victim has a domicile in another EU country.
** Applications for compensation in such cases are also decided on by the Crime Victims Compensation Committee.
** The application has to be submitted to the competent authority (assisting authority) in another EU Member State in which the victim has a domicile, and the competent authority of that state will transmit the application to the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia.
** The list of assisting authorities is available on the European e-Justice Portal.
** A foreign cross-border case is a case where the crime was committed on the territory of another EU Member State, and the victim has a domicile in Croatia.
** The right to compensation in such cases is decided on by the competent authority of the country where the crime was committed.
** A victim may submit the application for compensation to the Croatian Ministry of Justice and Public Administration, which, as the assisting authority, is competent to receive and transmit applications in cross-border cases.
** At the victim’s request, the Ministry can provide general instructions and information on how to fill out the application form and the accompanying documentation required in accordance with the manual developed by the European Commission.