Fugitive businessman Tomáš Pitr arrested in Switzerland

Police in Switzerland have arrested fugitive Czech businessman Tomáš Pitr, the organised crime department of the Czech police has reported. Mr Pitr has been on the run since 2007 when he failed to report to prison after being convicted of tax offences. An international warrant was issued and Czech detectives learned of his whereabouts on Monday; Swiss police however were unable to definitively reveal his identity until Wednesday afternoon. Earlier this year, the 39-year-old received another six-year sentence in absentia for fraud and mismanagement of property that caused damage exceeding 700 million crowns to a number of state-controlled companies.