Former Prosecutor Alleges Intelligence Chief Had Improper Access to Traffic Accident Investigation

A former prosecutor has accused Pavol Gašpar, director of Slovakia's intelligence service SIS, of obtaining details from a traffic accident investigation before he was legally entitled to access them. Matúš Harkabus, a lawyer who left the prosecutor's office in summer 2024, made the allegations while representing the driver involved in an August 2023 traffic accident in Nitra that remains unresolved. Harkabus claims he discovered information about Gašpar's son after reviewing the investigation file, suggesting the intelligence chief may have improperly accessed confidential case materials. The Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) is the country's main intelligence agency, and any allegation of its director misusing his position to gain unauthorized access to criminal investigations would raise serious questions about the separation of intelligence and law enforcement functions.