Police turn down a complaint concerning alleged calls between Fico and Vadala

The man who submitted it will also submit a complaint against this decision.

Robert FicoRobert Fico (Source: TASR/Jakub Kotian)

The Slovak police have turned down a criminal complaint concerning the alleged phone calls between ex-prime minister Robert Fico (Smer) and alleged Italian mafia figure Antonino Vadala.

Ondrej Dostál, the chairman of the Civic Conservative Party (OKS), informed that he had submitted the criminal complaint.

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The investigator subsequently turned it down following a phone call with the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) and the Financial Administration's inspectorate who are dealing with Vadala's crimes, he added for the SITA newswire.

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“I have challenged the decision to dismiss the criminal complaint,” Dostál said, as quoted by SITA.

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