Šlachta to serve as deputy director of Czech Customs Administration

The former head of the special police squad for combatting organised crime, Robert Šlachta, has accepted an offer to serve as the deputy director of the Czech Customs Administration, the ctk news agency reported. He should take up the new position from September. The Customs Administration is to be given greater powers to tackle VAT tax evasion and other financial crimes. Šlachta resigned as head of the special police squad for combatting organised crime in protest against a major police overhaul which merged the country’ s elite crime fighting units under a single administration.