Report: Former PM Topolánek launched intelligence operation against lottery giant Sazka

The former Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolánek, and education minister Ondřed Liška, launched an intelligence operation during their term in the government against the country’s biggest lottery operator Sazka, the news website aktualne.cz reported on Wednesday. The Czech intelligence service, BIS, concluded that some of Sazka’s operations posed a security threat for the Czech Republic. The report highlighted Sazka representatives were connected to various public officials.