Unnamed driver reveals route of travel for men from Israel to opposition party headquarters
New information about covert recordings in Slovenia: a taxi driver has revealed that in December last year he drove four people from the airport to the premises of the largest opposition party.
Unnamed driver reveals route of travel for men from Israel to opposition party headquarters
New information about covert recordings in Slovenia: a taxi driver has revealed that in December last year he drove four people from the airport to the premises of the largest opposition party.
A man who did not wish to be named told a television programme that on 22 December last year he picked up four passengers at Brnik Airport. They handed him a note with an address on Trstenjak Street in Ljubljana. The driver immediately recognised it as the headquarters of the SDS party. During the journey, two passengers in the back seat conversed in a language the driver did not understand. In his view, a politician whom all citizens know stood at the entrance to the building.
The state intelligence agency recorded the arrival of a plane from Tel Aviv on the same day at 9.20 in documents sent to the police. The passenger list included three Israeli citizens, among them the founder and head of a company engaged in information gathering. After the names were published in the media, the driver connected the faces in his car with the names on the list.
A security services report reveals another visit in early December. At that time, the same people from Israel reportedly landed in Ljubljana on a plane from Sofia and stayed at a prestigious hotel in the city centre. Payment was settled by credit card. The following morning they were taken to the same address on Trstenjak Street, where they remained for approximately two hours.
The head of the opposition party denies knowing all three visitors. He claims to know only one of them, who he says he had contact with in the past. The politician has also accused domestic intelligence services of unlawfully monitoring and recording his party from a rented flat nearby. The head of the intelligence service did not confirm these allegations.
An important element in the investigation is a woman who reportedly worked for the same Israeli company. She allegedly struck up conversations in a neighbouring country with two men connected to the energy sector. The same woman is said to have previously contacted under a false name an actress who accused a well-known film maker of sexual abuse.
Investigators still do not know who filmed the conversations in Vienna and London. Among those filmed were a former minister, a former state company supervisor, a lobbyist and a lawyer. The prosecution confirmed that the investigation is proceeding in a pre-trial procedure. Suspicions include unlawful surveillance, recording and possible espionage.
Source: RTV Slovenija
Source: RTV SLO