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Economy
Greek Parliament Head Steps Aside In Corruption Probe
Greek Parliament President Evangelos Meimarakis, handpicked for the position by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, said he will suspend himself from his duties during a reported investigation into alleged corruption by the country's financial crimes...
Greece
Seven Former Greek Ministers Probed For Corruption
Seven former ministers in New Democracy Conservative and PASOK Socialist administrations are being investigated for alleged corruption as Greece’s financial crimes squad SDOE is continuing its hunt for government figures and others who have evaded taxes and collected fortunes.’
The...
Greece
Greeks Need To Know: Who Are The Dirty 30?
Lost off the radar screen as Greece sinks toward economic oblivion because of generations of greed, corruption, mismanagement, tax evasion, incompetence, inefficiency and a bloated public sector full of so much deadwood you could feed every fireplace in Europe...
Economy
Greek High Courts Wants Names of Corrupt Politicians
Greece’s Supreme Court said it wants to know if the country’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) has a list 30 of politicians, including former ministers, current lawmakers, local authority officials and general secretaries at ministries, who it is reportedly investigating...
Economy
Stournaras Wants Tax Cheats to Pay Overdue Fines
ATHENS – Struggling to find ways to cut $14.16 billion in spending and raise more revenues, Greece could realize as much as $1 billion just by collecting fines against convicted tax cheats who haven’t paid, Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras...
Economy
Record Rates of Tax Evasion on Greek Islands
Extremely high rates of tax evasion were uncovered by the Greek financial crimes squad SDOE during inspections carried out on islands and other summer resorts, the finance ministry revealed as reported by Athens News Agency.
Figures released by the ministry,...
Economy
Greek Supermarket Chain Implicated in Financial Scandal
The financial crimes squad SDOE is preparing to charge the Carrefour-Marinopoulos group of dodging VAT payments in Greece via a fake invoice scam with businesses based in another EU country. The investigation of the economic agency showed alleged fraud.
In...
Economy
Greek Banks Join Fight to Find Tax Evaders
ATHENS – With Greece drowning in debt and most major tax evaders still on the loose – a $60 liability for the country – Bank of Greece Governor Giorgos Provopoulos has signed an act that will allow tax banks...
Economy
Greece's Tax Evaders Aren't Going to Jail Soon
ATHENS – A much-vaunted crackdown on tax evaders recently in which more than 100 were arrested has run into a common obstacle in the Greece justice system: court backlogs and bureaucratic delays have prevented prosecution with the prospect that...