Learning from the Benko case

For René Benko, things could now get tough under criminal law. In Austria, the Economic and Corruption Public Prosecutor’s Office (WKStA) is investigating suspected fraud. She also does this in Munich (due to suspected money laundering) and in Vaduz (suspicion of money laundering and fraudulent Krida). The Italian authorities were the first to issue an arrest warrant against the Tyrolean entrepreneur, accusing him, among other things, of fraud and corruption, but also of being the head of a “mafia-like criminal organization”. Benko denies this and the presumption of innocence applies. An investigation has been ongoing in Trento since 2019.