German police have arrested a private detective, who was allegedly behind the Ibizagate scandal that brought down the Austrian government in 2019.
A 40-year-old Austrian citizen was arrested on a European arrest warrant, a Berlin police spokeswoman said on Friday. His identity was confirmed by Austrian prosecutors, who had been searching for him.
The Ibizagate scandal broke in 2019 when a hidden camera video showed Heinz-Christian Strache - the president of the ruling Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and future Vice-Chancellor - saying he was willing to compromise himself with Russian interests in exchange for funding.
The senior politician was also seen and heard offering public contracts to a young woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch and wanting to recycle dirty money.