Appeal judges prosecutor and supervising investigator for the Golden Dawn case, Isidoros Doghiakos, will soon receive the huge and detailed case file from appeal judges special investigators, Ms. Ioanna Klapa and Ms. Maria Dimitropoulou. The lengthy investigation on the ultranationalist party’s illegal activities lasted for many months.

Mr. Doghiakos is expected to look through the findings and formulate a suggestion that he will present to the Judicial Council regarding whether the 78 defendants should be indicted. The Board of Appeals will have the final word on the further penal treatment of the defendants.

The matter is expected to be brought to trial at the end of 2014, but the trial venue has yet to be designated. The case is of a particular nature and a large number of defendants, witnesses (some of them under a protection program) and advocates need to be accommodated. Furthermore, documentation, photographs and video clips that make up the case file will need to be projected.

Out of the 78 defendants, 30 have already been taken into custody. All original 18 Golden Dawn MPs – irrespective of their current status with the party – are facing felony charges of participating and running a criminal organization.