And illegal trafficking of counterfeit products – The checks were made after months of processing financial and other data – The companies are allegedly linked to each other
Large-scale tax evasion and illegal trafficking of counterfeit products revealed the controls of the SDOE to five courier companies in Attica. It was found that they had declared an income of €2.8 million when their actual sales exceeded 14 million euros.
The checks on the five courier companies, which are said to be connected to each other, were carried out from October 15 to 18 by the levels of auditors of the Operational Directorate S.D.O.E. Attica, then multimonth processing financial and other data.
In particular, operations were carried out at the headquarters and warehouses of 5 courier companies, allegedly connected to each other and which displayed exorbitant amounts of cash payments in the order of 14 million euros, which overwhelmingly exceeded the income declared by them. These amounts allegedly came from the illegal marketing of counterfeit (falsified) products of branded companies, but also tax evasion due to the marketing of products without them being accompanied by the required documents.
It was found that these companies had declared revenues from sales (reimbursements) of 2.8 million euros, while their actual sales revenues exceeded the amount of 14 million euros. As part of the specific operations, the following were identified and seized:
- 1,600 parcel shipments, which contained clothing, footwear, household goods and dowry, which did not have the legal documents. The value of these transactions reaches at least €50,000.
- More than 500 pieces (shoes, clothes, bags, wallets, perfumes, machines – tools), which bore fake brands of branded companies. Three citizens from Patras were responsible for sending the goods.
They had not been issued for all the goods traded Tax Information and the prescribed taxes had not been paid, while a large part of the goods comes from third countries without proving to date the legal importation and the payment of the corresponding customs duties, etc. wearer. And the loss of the trademark holder companies amounts to at least 250,000 euros.
The confiscated goods were transferred to the Service’s storage facilities for destruction. The investigations of the Service continue to identify other accomplices in the above procedure, while a case file is being filed against the persons involved for forgery, smuggling, fraud, etc. offences.
Source: Skai
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