“NCOZ criminal investigators carry out criminal proceedings in several places in the Czech Republic that are related to the football environment,” Jaroslav Ibehej, a spokesman for the department, told Novinka. He refused to provide further information with reference to the High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague.
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According to Práva, the case concerns suspicions of widespread corruption in connection with sports matches and 20 people were charged, 19 of whom were detained by criminal investigators.
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According to Deník N, Roman Berbr, the vice-chairman of the FACR, is among those detained.
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According to the law, the criminal investigators suspect the accused of forming an organized criminal group.
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FACR Vice-Chairman Roman Berbr
Photo: Vlastimil Vacek, Právo
“I can confirm that the High Public Prosecutor’s Office is a supervisory body in the matter of criminal prosecution, which was launched today by the NCOZ police body, the Ústí nad Labem branch. He is currently prosecuting twenty people, “Lenka Bradáčová, the head of Prague’s chief prosecutors, told Práva on Friday.
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She added that these were “mainly corruption crimes in favor of an organized criminal group”.
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