Prague - Anti-corruption police raided the headquarters of the Prague Public Transport Company (DPP) this morning.
The police unit had search warrant and came to the DPP headquarters to collect documents related to criminal charges filed against some of the former managers of the city-owned firm, said Magdalena Ceskova, who was appointed as new CEO earlier this week.
The raid was conducted under the authority of High Prague Prosecutor Lenka Bradacova, who refused to comment on it.
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The DPP's staff allegedly cooperated with police. Ceskova said that the DPP "fully supported" the police raid and investigation related to it.
Ceskova said that the raid was assisted also by persons from the Transparency International, an anti-corruption NGO. The DPP will probably file a complaint against the participation of private citizens in the raid, Ceskova said to the Czech news agency CTK.
Unofficial sources have said that the police unit acted on criminal complaints filed by Ceskova's predecessor, Vladimir Lich.
As director, Lich commissioned the KPMG consultancy to conduct an external audit into deals made by the DPP's previous management.
The audit resulted in several criminal charges pressed by Lich against some of the company's former managers responsible for three unprofitable deals.
Lich was removed from his positions in the DPP shortly after publicly announcing the charges earlier this week. His brisk removal prevented him from filing more criminal complaints.
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Lich's successor Ceskova is linked to the DPP's previous management headed by Martin Dvorak.
Sources from the DPP and the Prague City Hall confirmed to Aktualne.cz that the new management of the city-owned firm has already terminated the external audit ordered by Lich.
This was confirmed by Ceskova herself.
