Austria: Ex-Minister Grasser again in court

Too young. Too corrupt? The former finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser is said to have collected commissions on the sale of state apartments.

Day 2 in appeal proceedings before the Supreme Court in Causa Buwog & Co. – The highlight is the moving words of the former Finance Minister. He says: "I have done nothing wrong. I have a clear conscience. I can look into the mirror. "The verdict is to fall on Tuesday at 10 a.m. First instance and not legally valid, ex-Minister of Finance Karl-Heinz Grasser was sentenced to eight years in prison at the Vienna Criminal Court in December 2020. The…

Is Karl-Heinz Grasser corrupt? The question reads banal, but even after 16 years – in 2009 the Buwog criminal proceedings began – a final judicial determination. Of course, the presumption of innocence applies.

Former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser and Co are before the Supreme Court. On the first of four planned court days, the defenders strongly criticised the first instance.

The Grasser-Causa has revealed the weaknesses of the judicial system. High time to fix them. The next corruption affair is definitely coming.

VIENNA. General Procuratorate is clear for prison sentences; Grasser's closing words: I did nothing wrong ; OGH judgment on Tuesday