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Journalist Arrested In Greece For Publishing List of Possible Tax-Evaders

Posted by samzenpus on from the naughty-list dept.

kyriacos writes "The Greek government is charging journalist Kostas Vaxevanis with violation of the data privacy law for publishing a list of about 2,000 Greeks who hold accounts with the HSBC bank in Switzerland. While more and more austerity measures are being taken against the people of Greece, there is still no investigation of tax evasion for the people on this list by the government. The list has been in the possession of the Greek government since 2010."

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  1. Tax records by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Tax records are public documents in Finland. In fact, they are published as an annual bestseller (two pieces of information are listed: the reported annual income and the total tax).

    The logic is the same as with court records. The citizens need to be able to trust that the tax system treats everybody fairly.