GREECE TRIES TO PROTECTS ITS INTERESTS AGAINST TAX FRAUD
October 1st, 2012
BY MICHAEL KOSMIDES, IN ATHENS
Greece implemented for the first time in September a law that allows the freezing of assets in cases of large scale tax evasion, with sources at the Greek finance ministry assuring Fraud Intelligence these measures "will most certainly be implemented in all other future cases of tax evasion."
The country's Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) seized millions in Euro and foreign currency bank accounts, luxury properties in Athens, (Aegean island) Mykonos and New York, company shares and other assets held by 121 individuals and ...
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