The case involving Wirecard and Jan Marsalek is now also making waves in Austria's domestic politics, after having stirred up Germany for years. / Picture: Polizeipräsidium München (Munich Police Department)
FPÖ party chairman Herbert Kickl and Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz had claimed in reports on FPÖ TV that Takacs had met Marsalek several times and was involved in espionage against Russia, as reported by “DerStandard”. These statements, which Schnedlitz described as an “atomic bomb”, were intended to undermine Takacs' credibility and integrity and put him in a bad light. Takacs, who has served as Federal Police Director since July 2022, responded promptly and decisively with a civil lawsuit for defamation of character and damage to credit.
Michael Takacs began his career as a police officer in 1988 and worked for a long time in the traffic department of the Vienna police force. He made a career in the Ministry of the Interior and was a member of various ministerial cabinets from 2013. In July 2022, he took up the newly created post of Federal Police Director. This appointment was criticized...
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