Slovak spy and police officials face criminal charges in scandal

[Collection]The former and current heads of Slovakia's spy agency and five other police and intelligence officers have been accused of abuse of power and criminal conspiracy, the top police officer announced, Thursday, in a scandal that a former leader called "a police coup" ahead of an upcoming early election. Stefan Hamran said the head of the National Security Authority and the former chief of the spy agency known as SIS also face abuse of power charges in a similar but a separate case.