Justice has decided

EIA affair: Justice still investigating after three years

The public prosecutor's office in Graz with spokesperson Hansjörg Bacher has closed the investigation after three years.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Sepp Pail, Jürgen Radspieler)

One of the country's biggest scandals involving the Styrian environmental authority A13 and the mismanagement of environmental impact assessments kept the authorities and the judiciary busy for three years. Now the public prosecutor's office has made a decision: No charges will be brought against any of the eight accused!

The affair came to light almost exactly three years ago, on November 21, 2021, through a report in the "Krone" newspaper. The central accusation was that environmental proceedings were handled improperly and in favor of the project applicants by leading officials in Department 13.