Police investigating CzechTourism on suspicion of mismanagement of funds

The police are investigating suspected abuse of funds at the government agency CzechTourism. The law enforcement authorities were alerted to possible irregularities at the agency by the minister for regional development, Karla Šlechtova. According to a police spokeswoman the suspicion was not ungrounded and police have been collecting evidence in view of filing charges. According to Minister Šlechtova the agency mismanaged hundreds of millions of crowns in the past decade.