Members of criminal gang sentenced

A court in Plzeň on Monday sentenced four members of the Zádamský gang, a 12-member group active in the Czech Republic since 1999. The group blackmailed entrepreneurs in the Western part of the country, forcing them to pay protection money. Two of the members received one-year prison sentences for disorderly conduct, while the remaining two were released on parole. Earlier this year, seven of the Zádamský gang’s members were acquitted at a Plzeň court trial; the Supreme Court then overruled the regional court’s decision.