In addition to the Bourgeois, Lagarde and Panama Papers lists, according to SIGMA, there is a wealth of other information on Cypriot tax evaders in other databases.
Specifically, there are data of Cypriot interest in the evidence collected by Legal Services, in the archives of tax departments, but also in the data of independent groups of researchers abroad.
These are countries that have investigated or are investigating one or all of the three aforementioned global tax evasion scandals. Thus, the thread of their investigation may have reached additional elements of Cypriot interest, which are not in the initial-raw lists.
It is recalled the report of the head of the global investigation for the Panama documents, Gerard Rile, on April 16, he said that during the investigation he constantly meets the name of Cyprus, meaning suspicious natural and legal persons.
Therefore, there is evidence of "Cypriot stench" in many tanks.
In addition, the Minister of Finance, in his intervention last night, after confirming that he requested data for the Bourgeois list, referred to the automatic exchange of information between the European States, which, according to him, will begin in the coming weeks.
This is an additional tool that will not be able to replace or disable the aforementioned data tanks. Automatic exchange of information will be helpful in Cypriot investigations.
After all, Denmark very recently gave € 10 million to the Panama Papers research team. She obviously knows that the exchange of information is coming, but she does not stay there alone, as she may have given 10 million euros, but she got data that will bring her billions that slipped from the tax and ended up somewhere in Panama.
As for Mr Bourgeois's list, Harry Georgiadis's message may have been addressed to Normand Walter Bourgeois, but the details will be sent by Lutz Linenkamper, who recently replaced him as Vreo's state finance minister. Rhineland - Westphalia.
And these data. before they reach us, they will go through the German authorities.
It is pointed out that the specific lists have not only a tax, but also a criminal aspect.
Abroad, tax investigations into the lists have uncovered evidence of very serious criminal offenses.
As for Cyprus, according to competent sources, what emerges is that they have not been sent by the Tax Department, the Hellenic Capital Market Commission or any other service investigating the Lagarde and Panama cases, any information, either to the Police or to the Anti-Concealment Unit. , so far.
MOKAS, according to the same sources, is ready to investigate data related to income from illegal activities.
Source: Sigma Live