Reporter Exposes Tax Evasion Among Greek Politicians, Targeted ...

from The Daily Bell

Warrant out for Greek journalist over leak of politicians? alleged tax evasion ? Greek prosecutors have issued a warrant for the arrest of one of the country?s top journalists, after his publication Hot Doc released the so-called ?Lagarde list? containing the names of some 2,000 Greeks with funds hidden in Swiss bank accounts. Greek police aim to detain Kostas Vaxevanis, the owner and editor of Hot Doc, for alleged privacy violations from publishing the list of names dated to 2007. ?Instead of arresting the tax evaders and the ministers who had the list in their hands, they are trying to arrest the truth and free journalism,? Vaxevanis said in an interview published online. The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several Finance Ministry employees and a number of business leaders all reportedly had Swiss HSBC bank accounts. ? RT

Dominant Social Theme: These taxes must be paid ? by Greek citizens, anyway.

Free-Market Analysis: So it turns out that many Greek politicians have Swiss bank accounts and are not paying taxes due. What does this tell us about ?austerity??

? Only that it is a meme, as we have previously discussed.

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Source: http://financialsurvivalnetwork.com/2012/10/reporter-exposes-tax-evasion-among-greek-politicians-targeted-for-arrest/

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