Eighteen charged over disadvantageous deals at Prague City Transport

The police have charged 18 people with fraud in connection with a number of disadvantageous deals made by the Prague Transport Company. Among the cases investigated is a deal for overpriced tickets in a contract brokered by the Virgin Islands-registered company Cokeville Assets in 2007. Among those charged is the influential Prague lobbyist Ivo Rittig, who is believed to have arranged the latter deal.