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Convicted of multiple murders, Slovakia’s notorious mafia boss seeks release from prison
When the heavy prison doors clanged shut behind Mikuláš Černák nearly three decades ago, few imagined they might one day open again. But on the spring morning of May 20, inside the fortified walls of ...
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Slovakia's elections could have big implications for Europe and war in Ukraine
SCHMITZ: Russia's then-deputy military attache is heard telling the writer, I told Moscow you are such a good boy with many friends in the Slovak mafia. He then asks the writer to find others ...
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Former Miss World contestant who became Slovakian Prime Minister's 'chief state adviser' was intimately tied to his downfall over mafia scandal in 2018
Mr Kuciak was investigating whether Ms Troskova could have been a go-between for the mafia and the Slovak government when he was murdered, according to the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting ...
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Rise and Fall of Slovakia’s First Female President Shown in ‘Ms. President’: She Faced ‘Aggressively Misogynistic Atmosphere’
The murder investigation turned up ties between the mafia and high levels of the Slovak government of then-Prime Minister Robert Fico. He was forced out of office and the ensuing presidential ...
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What we know about the assassination attempt on Slovakia's prime minister
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico sustained ... The journalist had been working on stories about connections between the Mafia and member of Fico's inner circle. He later faced criminal ...