On Tuesday, the Slovakian police arrested Jaroslav Hascak with great display of power. Not just any arrest, but a case that sends shock waves across the country: Hascak is the richest – and according to many also the most powerful – man in Slovakia. He is suspected of widespread corruption in a case that has been dragging on for 15 years, and could also drag big names from Slovak politics into his trap.
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Hascak (51) is the man behind the Penta financial group – one of the largest players in the real estate markets in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland -, owns banks and financial companies in Slovakia and the Czech Republic …
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