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Turkey has jailed 24 people pending trial in an investigation into allegations that civil servants supplied organized crime groups with police, court and customs information, the Demirören News Agency (DHA) reported on Friday.
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of İstanbul’s Bakırköy district launched the investigation and issued detention warrants for 50 people, 27 of them active public employees, and police detained 37 in raids across 12 provinces on July 20.
Those targeted included two probation officers, one court clerk, one deputy customs enforcement director, 15 customs enforcement officers, 10 police officers and two lawyers, according to the prosecutor’s office.
After questioning, 24 detainees were jailed pending trial and 13 were released under judicial supervision.
Prosecutors allege crime group members obtained criminal records, wanted and arrest information, INTERPOL notices, vehicle data and customs crossing records from public employees.
The case file also contains security camera footage, communications records and allegations that a truck believed to be carrying drugs crossed a border gate without undergoing X-ray screening, DHA reported.