Switzerland seeks to arrest 3 German tax inspectors for economic espionage

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/germany/120331/switzerland-arrest-warrants-german-tax-inspectors-espionage

By Samantha Stainburn
GlobalPost
March 31, 2012

Switzerland has issued arrest warrants for three German tax inspectors, 
the Associated Press reported. Their alleged crime: economic espionage 
for buying the details of German tax evaders’ Swiss bank accounts.

The three civil servants could be arrested if they enter Switzerland, 
according to Reuters.

"There is a concrete suspicion that specific orders from Germany were 
issued to use espionage to obtain information from Credit Suisse,” the 
Swiss attorney general said in a statement today, Reuters reported.

Germans have an estimated 150 billion Swiss francs ($200 billion) 
stashed in secret Swiss accounts, and the German government has gone to 
great lengths to catch citizens who are avoiding taxes, Reuters 
reported. In recent years, the German authorities have paid millions of 
euros to informants and whistleblowers for compact discs containing data 
for offshore bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere.

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