Austrian National Bank (OeNB) Vice Governor Wolfgang Duchatczek addresses a news conference after a meeting in the finance ministry in Vienna May 3, 2010. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
VIENNA (Reuters) - Suspicions of bribery at Austria's central bank have dragged it into a nationwide crackdown on corruption that has shaken confidence in the country's highest ranks of power and prestige.
Vienna prosecutors this week charged nine people, including the deputy governor of the Austrian National Bank, over suspected bribes and kickbacks for banknote contracts with Azerbaijan and Syria.
