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The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) has increased inspections recently and has revealed that the latest scam involves using tampered cash registers to avoid paying VAT. Businesses wanting to appear legitimate and not attract the attention of the authorities are known to cash register which have not been inspected and registered by the relevant […]

The General Secretariat of Public Revenue announced that the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE), tax offices and auditing centers filed over 8,500 lawsuits in 2013 concerning instances of aggravated tax evasion. These lawsuits were filed for non-submission or inaccurate submission of tax returns, withholding VAT and other taxes, levies and fees, as well submitting […]

The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) announced that it has confiscated two containers with a large shipment of tobacco products at the port of Piraeus. The two containers had been shipped from China and Manila and according to the accompanying documentation, were meant to contain blankets and garden chairs. During the inspection, SDOE’s officers […]

Although the government has taken some steps to address the tax evasion problem, the head of the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) Stelios Stasinopoulos revealed that the problem has become worse. Mr. Stasinopoulos addressed the Parliamentary Committee of Institutions and Transparency on Tuesday and explained that the first 266 audits of people on the […]

The Financial and Economic Police Unit has began investigating suspected cases of gross tax evasion and money laundering, such as that of a 45-year-old orange producer based outside Sparta, who has about 12.5 million euros in his bank accounts, when a study by the Foundation for Industrial and Economic Research (IOVE) shows that 99% of […]