The Czech republic’s long-running corruption scandal among high officials boiled up again on Monday when Czech police brought charges against a close associate of a former prime minister over a deal to buy armoured personnel carriers. High State Attorney Lenka Bradáčová said police have charged Marek Dalík, an adviser to PM Mirek Topolánek during his term in 2006-2009, with fraud in relation to the government’s purchase of 107 Pandur armed personnel carriers from Austria in 2009 for CZK 14.4 billion.
