Overview

• National Centre for the Fight Against Organised Crime officers detained Jiřikovský at his Břeclav property and confiscated his assets.
• Prosecutors split the broader abuse-of-power inquiry to isolate a criminal investigation into money laundering and illegal drug handling.
• Grant Thornton’s July audit concluded the Justice Ministry lacked sufficient due diligence when it accepted the 468 BTC donation from a convicted darknet operator.
• Justice Minister Eva Decroix plans to publish an expanded timeline of over 8,000 entries and maintain full cooperation with ongoing probes.
• Opposition party ANO is calling for additional ministerial resignations and continues to leverage the scandal ahead of October’s parliamentary elections.