Survey: one in five Czech companies subject of blackmail

One in five Czech companies have been the subject of blackmail, suggests a survey quoted in Hospodarske noviny. However, the newspaper said there was great variety in the forms of blackmail experienced, ranging from excessive pressure from competitors to death threats. Of those firms affected, 15 percent said politicians had attempted to blackmail them. A representative of the Czech branch of Transparency International said companies were reluctant to talk publicly about the issue of blackmail, due to fears about their safety and reputation.