Report: Ex-money laundering boss looked into Bishop Saje's bank accounts

Ljubljana, 12 July - The Office for Money Laundering Prevention allegedly checked Novo Mesto Bishop Andrej Saje's bank accounts under its former director Damjan Žugelj last year without having a legal basis to do so, the news site Necenzurirano reported last week. Saje is also the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference.

Novo Mesto Bishop of Novo Mesto Andrej Saje, head of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference, the top body of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA File photo

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Bishop of Novo Mesto Andrej Saje, head of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference, the top body of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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Ljubljana Damjan Žugelj, director of the Office for Money Laundering Prevention between March 2021 and June 2022. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA File photo

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Damjan Žugelj, director of the Office for Money Laundering Prevention between March 2021 and June 2022.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
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