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That sort of data is normally not public



Individual countries know this, and even share rather successfully across unions.

EU exchanges VAT information which is exactly about who buys from whom... down to transactions of 120€ and more if I am not mistaken.

Commercial databases are more limited, but even those can trace ownership of companies to ultimate beneficial owners. Orbis from Bureau Van Dijk is probably the biggest of such databases.




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