European Central Bank Policymaker Convicted of Bribery

European Central Bank Governing Council member and Slovakia’s central bank chief Peter Kazimir has been found guilty of bribery today, with a Slovak Specialised Criminal Court ruling he must pay a €200,000 fine or face a one-year prison sentence. Oh…

Prosecutors allege that between 2012 and 2019, while serving as finance minister, Kazimir handed over a €48,000 bribe to the then boss of the national tax office to influence tax proceedings.[…] Read the rest