Anti-corruption police in the Czech Republic have launched an investigation of Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek following allegations that he accepted bribes in exchange for online gaming licences in 2008.
According to the Czech daily Pravo, Kalousek is accused of accepting a bribe of several million crowns from Marek Dospiva, head of Penta Investments, in exchange for allowing online gaming. Until 2008, Czech firms were prohibited from offering gambling services online, while sites operating from other European [...]
