{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Corruption Unveiled: Julian Hessenthaler & Frederik Obermaier \u00b7 #DNL31 #OrganisedCrime","description":" Corruption Unveiled: Austria's Troublesome Path from Strache to Kurz  From #DNL31 #OrganisedCrime. Watch this talk and others here Julian Hessenthaler, the private detective who set the trap for Strache and triggered the "Ibiza affair," delves into the issues of power and abuse of power in the state of Austria with Frederik Obermaier one of the journalists to whom he leaked the video. In 2019, a scandal rocked Austrian politics as journalists from Der Spiegel and S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung revealed a secretly recorded video featuring Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the far-right FP\u00d6. In the video, he offered state contracts to a woman who claimed to be a millionaire and the niece of a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin. Among other statements in the video, Mr. Strache mentioned his desire to create a media landscape similar to what Viktor Orb\u00e1n had done in Hungary. Just hours after these initial reports, Mr. Strache resigned, prompting Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for new elections. Following the "Ibiza affair," Austria has weathered a series of subsequent scandals. Investigations have exposed illegal donation schemes, election tampering, and inquiries funded and manipulated using taxpayers' money. Searches were conducted at various locations, including the Austrian Chancellery, the Ministry of Finance, the \u00d6VP party headquarters, and the media house \u00d6sterreich. Consequently, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was compelled to resign, as he and his closest associates are suspected of misappropriating taxpayers' money to purchase favorable media coverage and manipulate fake surveys on behalf of the \u00d6VP, with alleged involvement of the Ministry of Finance. Austria, once again, is synonymous with a country plagued by endless scandals.  --- Part of New Perspectives for Action. A project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the EuropeanEducation and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can beheld responsible for them. ","author_name":"Disruption Network Lab","author_url":"http:\/\/disruptionlab.libsyn.com\/","html":"