
The Ministry of Finance of Greece invented a system of electronic confiscation of money from bank accounts of persons who have arrears to the state, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the ANA ANAA Information Agency.
Earlier, the Minister of Finance of Greece Yannis Sturnaras promised in parliament to "improve control over those who, according to the information, withdrew money abroad, as well as conclude agreements with other states to solve this problem." Obviously, the new initiative is one of the measures to fulfill these promises.
Now, banks in force in Greece are obliged to check the accounts of the controlled person within 10 days from the date of receipt of the request from the tax authorities and "carry out the confiscation of debt."
In addition, the district tax inspectorates, the service of combating financial crimes and the management of money laundering within 24 hours from the time of sending a request to the bank will have a complete picture of the accounts of the controlled person, as well as the loans received by him, the Greek agency emphasizes.
According to the Ministry of Public Order and Protection of the Citizen, more than 2.2 thousand people have been arrested for tax violations in the country. Their total debt exceeds 9.2 billion euros.
Earlier this year, we recall, the Greece Ministry of Finance said that he intends to recover 2 billion euros from deposits in Switzerland and that he counts on the help of the Swiss government in this matter.
In particular, to everyone who mentioned in the list of depositors of Swiss banks, who, almost three years ago, transferred the current head of the IMF, Christina Lagard, who at that time, who was at that time by the Minister of Finance of France, will have to explain the legality of the origin of large sums, and if there are no explanations, then pay an impressive fine. Since then, however, this list was mysterious several times in the bureaucratic bowels of the Ministry of Finance and other departments of Greece.
According to the Ministry of Finance of Greece, the average number of tax slonists among entrepreneurs of the country this year amounted to 46.65%.