1. Episode: Corruption at the End of the World – God's Gift

Boží Dar is literally a paradise for skiers. Besides a few ski runs, it doesn’t experience the same flood of tourists and skiers as, for example, the Krkonoše Mountains. The town has been led by Mayor Jan Horník for several years. He even suspiciously sides with local entrepreneur Anton Jurica, with the local council assisting him in this.

The land plots that Boží Dar rents out are being used by Jurica under laughably low rental conditions, sometimes even free of charge. Jurica himself has built ski resorts on these lands, earning him hundreds of thousands each month. Some of these plots are used by Jurica without any payment at all.

The town of Boží Dar has no official record that Jurica is using some of these plots, which suggests they may be occupied unofficially. And yet, Jurica is still making money on them—either by operating a ski lift or a ski slope.

Horník himself claims that everything is more or less in order, including the fact that he lives in Jurica’s house. He doesn’t see it as a conflict of interest at all.

The AKTU.cz editorial team has filed a criminal complaint against Horník and the council, as we believe criminal activities are taking place here—not only in relation to the management of Boží Dar’s property, but also involving huge amounts of money that the state is completely unaware of. A substantial amount of money is not being reported in accordance with proper business practices, and there is also likely some misuse of subsidies by the Club of the Ore Mountains. The funds intended for building a snowboard park might have ended up on ski slopes leased on Boží Dar land by someone entirely different from the one who signed the contract with Boží Dar.