On 21 February, OCCRP carried an amazing article about Marian Kočner – now the main defendant in a high-profile trial that has gripped Slovakia since December. He is charged with ordering the brutal murder of a young investigative journalist who had been reporting on corrupt Slovak politicians, Italian mafiosi — and Kočner himself. Amongst the allegations made is that Kočner has kept himself above the law by oiling the justice system of Slovakia’s fragile young democracy with cash and kompromat.
https://www.occrp.org/en/a-journalists-undying-legacy/kocners-world
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