Anti-Graft Boss Says Patria Trial in Finland Expected in Autumn

Ljubljana, 6 August - The head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Drago Kos has told STA that according to information available to him, a judicial investigation in Finland into the alleged bribery in a Patria defence deal with Slovenia is already completed. "The trial will begin in autumn," Kos said on Thursday.

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The 2006 procurement of 135 armoured personnel carriers from Patria (one of them pictured) stirring a major political controversy in Slovenia after a Finnish TV report alleged Patria bribed Slovenian officials.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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