Assets detector

The Asset Detector is the first systematic public disclosure of the assets of political officials in Slovenia. Due to the non-public nature of such data in the archives of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, the project relies exclusively on investigative and data journalism methods. In its first phase, the team focused on government ministers, followed by state secretaries, and later members of parliament.

In 2025, we launched a new chapter of the Asset Detector, examining the assets of Members of the European Parliament, newly appointed government officials, members of parliament, and mayors.

Vstopi v detektor premoženja

17. 12. 2025 News

Skoraj polovica nagovorjenih politikov upošteva preiskavo premoženja

Projekt Detektor premoženja smo razširili s premoženjskimi podatki desetih županov in poslanke. Objavljamo grafično ponazoritev odzivov političnih funkcionarjev na ugotovitve Oštra.

STORIES

12. 2. 2026

State Supervisor for Personal Data Protection Targets Independent Journalism

Domestic and international journalism organizations have responded to the proceedings against Oštro brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office and the District State Prosecutor’s Office in Murska Sobota, which they view as politically motivated pressure on journalistic work. Oštro will present the Asset Detector website where we collect data on the assets of politicians, today, December 18, at a public editorial meeting in Velenje.*

4. 10. 2024

The Freedom Movement as a Playing Field for New Business Opportunities

For more than two years, the two companies of lawyer Peter Premk, brother of Freedom Movement MP Martin Premk, have had no restrictions on dealings with the National Assembly. Peter Premk was also a co-founder of the predecessor of the Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda), where Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič is now Vice-President. His ministry has transferred nearly 27 thousand euro to Premk’s company in a year.

26. 9. 2024

How the Wife of an SDS MP Won a Tender Overnight

In early September 2022, the wife of SDS MP Tomaž Lisec, then still employed in the public sector, opened a part-time sole proprietorship. Just a few days later, she signed a consultancy contract with the Rudolfovo Institute, which had been established by the government of Janez Janša (SDS). The sequence of events raises suspicions of a possible pre-arranged cooperation.

19. 9. 2024

MPs in a Storage Depot

SDS MP Andrej Kosi used to live in a building that was officially categorised as a crop storehouse. The living situation of two MPs, who are residing in buildings with reported useful floor areas smaller than a couple public parking spaces, also remains unclear.

14. 6. 2023

Only one civil servant monitors politicians’ assets

In Slovenia, no one except the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption knows what assets high-ranking officials own. They cannot judge whether they are gaining illicitly from holding public office. This is why Oštro has decided to turn the light on for the public and track politicians' assets in the Asset Detector.

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Project Authors

Editor-in-Chief: Anuška Delić

Authors: Maja Čakarić, Anuška Delić, Lara Drugović, Samo Demšar, Žana Erznožnik, Meta Gantar, Eva Gračanin, Milena Medenica, Žan Premrov, Nina Rozman, Uroš Škerl Kramberger, Klara Škrinjar, Matej Zwitter

Fact-checking: Lara Drugović, Žana Erznožnik, Nina Rozman, Meta Gantar, Samo Demšar, Matej Zwitter, Uroš Škerl Kramberger, Klara Škrinjar, Katarina Bulatović

Illustrations: David Istvan, Jernej Žumer, ŠumradaSinčić
Source of photographs of public officials: UKOM, the National Assembly, municipal websites, and the European Parliament

Translation: Sebastijan Maček

Data acquisition support: OCCRP ID

Platform development: Today is a New Day

The Asset Detector is a project by Oštro, the Center for Investigative Journalism in the Adriatic Region.

The Asset Detector of Oštro’s sister center in Croatia:
Asset Detector (Detektor imovine)