Prague will have in-depth audits carried out in its organizations. The reason is the corruption case Politics | News | Prague Gossip
Prague will have in-depth audits carried out in approximately 250 of its contributory organizations. It will focus on whether the organizations awarded public contracts to any of the more than thirty companies that, according to the city management, have ties to persons accused in the case of alleged corruption in the Dozimetr transport company since 2010. The councilors today, at the proposal of Mayor Zdeňko Hřiba (Pirates) to the directors of the organizations, informed the press release of city spokesperson Vít Hofman.
Audits will cover all areas
At an extraordinary meeting called for the position at the end of June, the city councilors instructed the councilors to ensure audits in connection with IT contracts assigned by the municipality and other organizations of the city to companies associated with entrepreneurs Pavlo Dovhomilja and Maroš Jančovič, who are accused in the Dozimeter case. However, the audits of contribution organizations approved today will not only cover information technology, but all areas and all organizations.
In the event that any of the organizations cooperated with the company or companies on the list, the auditors will check in detail the entire process of the competition and awarding of the contract. “The audited companies have a whole range of orders from ministries, government and independent Prague city districts, and I would therefore recommend to all of them to carry out similar in-depth audits. The orders can be completely legitimate and come from open competitions, but we want to check everything to be sure,” stated Zdenek Hrib. He added that the Pirates are implementing anti-corruption measures throughout the election period.
An organized group of accused systematically occupied a key position in the transport company
In June, police officers from the National Headquarters against Organized Crime charged more than a dozen people for managing the transport company, including the mayor’s náměstí Petr Hlubuček (formerly STAN), businessman Michal Redl, former board member Matej Augustín and other members of the company’s management, who as the city’s largest the company operates public transport.
The police claim that an organized group of accused systematically occupied a key position in the transport company so that the installed friendly managers could influence various tenders in order to receive bribes.