Slovak police made several arrests connected with the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak seven months ago. Eight people were arrested in an operation in southern Slovakia, Dennik N reports. Slovak TV station Markiza identified one arrested man as Tomas S., a former police investigator. Police had released few details about the arrests as of mid-day. Kuciak had been reporting on the activities of Italian organized crime groups in EU subsidy fraud in Slovakia and uncovered links between Slovak officials and Italians allegedly connected to ’Ndrangheta.