Man watched by murdered Slovak reporter has firm in Czech Republic - press

Italian businessman Antonino Vadala, who is linked to the Italian mafia and top Slovak politicians, according to murdered Slovak reporter Jan Kuciak, owns the Vadala Group CZ firm in the Czech Republic, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) said on Wednesday. Vadala has owned the firm since last November. Until then, its name was Redo Water, according to the register of companies. The firm, seated in the most expensive street in Prague, Na Prikope, specialises in real estate, but it has almost no property, MfD said. Police say the murder of 27-year-old journalist Kuciak and his fiancee, who were shot dead in his home, was most probably motivated by his investigative work.