Overview

• Tomáš Jiřikovský was detained in a Břeclav raid and had assets seized by the National Centre for Combating Organised Crime.
• The High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Olomouc separated the donation probe from a broader inquiry to concentrate on suspected money laundering and narcotics offenses.
• An independent Grant Thornton audit commissioned by Justice Minister Eva Decroix concluded the ministry should not have accepted the 468 BTC donation due to its likely criminal origin.
• Former Justice Minister Pavel Blažek resigned in May after accepting the bitcoin transfer without verifying its source.
• Opposition party ANO has renewed calls for additional ministerial resignations as the scandal intensifies scrutiny ahead of October parliamentary elections.