Ex-wife of Kocourek authorises lawyers to recover “diverted” money

The ex-wife of recently-resigned trade minister Martin Kocourek has authorised her lawyers to recover any money that may have been denied her in the couple’s divorce settlement. Neither she nor Mr Kocourek commented further on the matter. Kocourek resigned two weeks ago after failing to provide a legitimate explanation to why 16 million crowns had appeared on an account belonging to his mother. The trade minister’s defence was that the money was his and that he had “diverted” it to his mother in 2008 to protect it from his divorce settlement.