Photo: imerisia
Three employees of the Greek economic police (SDOE) were charged with a felony after being captured to blackmail the owner of a service for tires. The three of them wanted 1000 euros each not to "find" violations in the small business on Iera Odos Street in the capital. After their demands the victim turned to the local police station and they made a trap. They marked the banknotes for the bribe and captured the corrupt tax officials.
One of the captured was charged with possession and carrying of illegal weapon in addition to the charges of bribery and corruption, after the police had found a Barrett gun that was not registered. The tax officials described in this way look more like racketeers and are currently facing 10 years in prison after the Parliament voted in March this year the law 3943/2011 on combating tax fraud and crimes. It is especially strict for offenders who are employees of the Ministry of Finance and provides impartial measures for detected cases of bribery and tax evasion regardless of whether the amount is one euro or one million euros.
The police found more than 85,000 euros in cash in the apartment of one of the detained, which are still of unknown origin. The detained argues that the money is legitimate and he is able to prove their source and they come from legitimate transactions. According to Immerisia, another statement of his is that his jacket was hung on a chair in a public place and someone had put the money in his pocket, without him understanding it.
Illegal transactions and the informal economy in Greece reach 25% -35% of the GDP each year. The state loses an average of between 10-15 billion in uncollected taxes from undeclared activity, and the tax administrations making difficulties are not a recent problem. Some Greek analysts believe that the disclosure of the case of the tax racketeers is more a campaign than a real action, especially at a time when Greece is on the verge of a new Memorandum and new more stringent restrictions that will even greater burden the ordinary taxpayers.
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