Corruption watchdog files lawsuit against Prague district mayor

The corruption watchdog Transparency International filed a lawsuit on Monday against the controversial mayor of the Prague 5 district, Milan Jančík, over contracts the town hall signed with debt recovery agencies. Transparency International said the contracts were concluded in breach of the law; the group also believes that contracts were disadvantageous for the district of Prague 5 which lost several dozen million crowns as a result. The police had already investigated the contracts, but found no law was breached.