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TSJCV Overturns Acquittal of Fourteen Accused in València Port Cocaine Case

The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community orders the Provincial Court to re-evaluate all evidence, including Sky ECC conversations.

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The High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community (TSJCV) has overturned the acquittal of fourteen individuals accused of introducing 117 kilograms of cocaine into the Port of València in August 2020.

The magistrates of the civil and criminal chamber have upheld the Prosecutor's Office's appeal and ordered the Provincial Court of València to issue a new ruling. This new resolution must fully assess all evidence presented, including conversations intercepted via the encrypted messaging platform Sky ECC.
The third section of the provincial court had previously declared this evidence inadmissible, arguing that the digital evidence submitted by French authorities lacked an original digital signature. According to the lower court, this documentation did not guarantee authenticity and integrity, and therefore could not undermine the presumption of innocence of the accused.
However, the TSJCV argues that the lack of access to raw Sky ECC data cannot, by itself, be considered a situation of defenselessness. The regional high court noted that the defense's argument was presented generically, without specifying which data might have benefited them or what information had been omitted.
Furthermore, the drug seizure did not directly result from information obtained through the OID, but rather emerged during a routine check where an open container with cocaine inside was discovered. Subsequently, Sky ECC information helped to understand that the finding might be part of a larger shipment, approximately 1,650 kilograms, carried out by an organized group with infiltrations in the port.
The appeal ruling, which is not subject to further appeal, establishes that there are no doubts about the integrity of the data that arrived in Spain and to which the defenses had full access. The civil and criminal chamber specifies that the police investigation was not based exclusively on a mere transcription of certain conversations, but on a thorough analysis and procedures that allowed the identification of the PIN holders of Sky ECC.
The TSJCV concludes that the information obtained is legitimate and, therefore, all specific data and indications resulting from these conversations and the investigative line they determined must be taken into consideration.

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