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Corruption Continues Virtually Unchecked in Greece
While Athens waits for more aid from the European Union, the country continues to be administered in the same old careless manner. Corrupt politicians and the rich continue to help themselves to Greece's funds, and little is being done about it.How can someone who has declared an annual income of 25,000 ($32,400) transfer 52 million abroad? What kind of supplementary income must an individual have who, according to his tax returns, earned 5,588 in 2010, yet still managed to move 19.8 million abroad? And how can it be that a Greek citizen sequesters 9.7 million abroad although he supposedly earned exactly zero euros? These are the questions that tax fraud investigators will have to ask of a number of individuals whose identity has so far only been made public in the form of initials. For instance, a "G. D." stands at the top of a list with the names of 54,000 Greek citizens who relocated major assets abroad between 2009 and 2011. The list stems from the Greek central bank and is now in the hands of the Finance Ministry. Posted by: tipper 2012-10-17 |
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