Counter-intelligence service says it uncovered corruption at Czech Agriculture Ministry in 2021

The Czech counter-intelligence service (BIS) has confirmed that in 2021 it uncovered widespread corruption at the Ministry of Agriculture, which led to a police raid in late March and early April of last year. According to BIS spokesman Ladislav Šticha, police officers detained three people from then minister Miroslav Toman’s inner circle and confiscated tens of millions of crowns in cash. The BIS spokesperson said the service was reporting on the case now in order to counter leaks of selected information from the investigation.