24-01-2019 09:00
Alleged financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance in Slovakia
Hearings
TAX3

On 24 January 2019, the TAX3 Committee will hold a hearing on “Alleged financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance in Slovakia”. Investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his partner Martina Kusnirova were shot dead in February in what was the first targeted killing of a reporter in the country's history. Mr Kuciak, who was 27 at the time of his murder, had been investigating alleged financial crimes and tax frauds.
The Committee has invited to this hearing the Slovak General Prosecutor's Office, the Financial Directorate of Slovakia, and an investigative journalist.
- Draft programme of the hearing (PDF - 364 KB)
- Webstreaming/Recordings
- Registration information (PDF - 455 KB)
- Transcription report (verbatim) (PDF - 308 KB)
- Biographies of the speakers (PDF - 226 KB)
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Mr Peter Bárdy, Editor-in-chief of the news portal “aktuality.sk”
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Mr Ladislav Hanniker, General Director of the Fight against Frauds and Risk Analysis Section, and Mr Lubomir Provaznik, Director of the Criminal Office, Financial Directorate of Slovakia
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Mr Maros Zilinka, Head of the Economic Criminality Department of the Special Prosecutor Office, General Prosecutor's Office, and Mr Radovan Kajaba, Head of the Criminal Department of the General Prosecutor's Office