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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. Re:Get out of Greece now. by HornWumpus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    WTF does any of this mess have to do with capitalism?

    Seriosly, big finance like this is so screwed up that even the most pro-government run economy can't defend it.

    --
    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'