Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš now listed as beneficial owner of Agrofert’s German subsidiary
Transparency International welcomes the apparent correction in the records of Transparenzregister, Germany’s beneficial ownership register of companies, which now lists the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš as a beneficiary and shareholder of Agrofert’s German subsidiary. The case illustrates the need for the authorities to verify beneficial ownership information submitted to them by companies, as well as civil society’s role in scrutinising data. In November 2020, Transparency International Germany alerted authorities that Agrofert’s German subsidiary, SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz