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Slovak PM Accused of Hiding Major Money in Belize
posted (September 2, 2015)

Viewers may not know much about the European Nation of Slovakia, but right now, Belize is making headline news in their country after a scandalous, and still unproven allegation has emerged that the current Prime Minister, Robert Fico is hiding over $700 million dollars of assets in this country. It seems political gamesmanship is global, because it's an allegation coming from one of his political opponents, with general elections only a few months away.

Prime Minister Fico has since called a press conference to refute this allegation in which he states clearly that he and his wife, Svetlana do not have and have never had any banking accounts in Belize, and that they do not and never did have any business interests here. He's being backed up by the Slovakian Financial Intelligence Unit, which asserts that he does not have any financial or business interests here.

He has declared that he will file a criminal complaint for slander against his political opponent, Igor MatoviÄ￾. MatoviÄ￾ publicly commented in mid-August that he received an anonymous letter stating that Fico and his wife had a so called letterbox company and a banking account with around $700 million in Belize. A letter box company is similar to an offshore shell company

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