Bödör's ex-firm will probably not win any big state tenders in the future

Slovakia Ring Agency erased from the anti-shell register.

The Slovakia Ring racing circuit in Orechová Potôň.The Slovakia Ring racing circuit in Orechová Potôň. (Source: TASR)

The Slovakia Ring Agency, previously owned by businessman Zoroslav Kollár and Nitra-based oligarch Norbert Bödör, asked to be voluntarily erased from the so-called anti-shell register, Transparency International Slovakia informed on Facebook.

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This means the company will not be able to compete in big state competitions and ask for subsidies. It received €1.7 million from the state and its companies between 2011 and 2018.

The company runs the biggest racetrack in Slovakia, located in Orechová Potôň (Trnava Region).

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Two shell firms

Transparency International Slovakia turned to court last summer over the suspicion that five Cypriots and one Filipino own the Slovakia Ring Agency via two shell companies: Transform Finance Limited based in London and Cordero Foundation in Anguilla in the Caribbean.

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