On this occasion, however:
> In all previous cases involving other international groups, once a settlement was reached and payment made, prosecutors closed related criminal investigations, either through plea deals or by dropping the cases.
> This time, however, Milan prosecutors did not share the tax authority's approach and decided to press ahead with their probe, leading to a request that the suspects be sent to trial.
It’s crazy that executives can jump around the law and not face any criminal charges, then the company picks up the bill (although I’m not ignorant thinking this isn’t usual)
I’m just curious to learn more about how often this is the case and you usually what happens with people afterward
Justice is independent in most EU countries.
I am occasionally called upon by the local consulate to perform my civic duty and vote.
Just this week I sent them back my ballot, now marked, for this referendum in a sealed envelope.
This referendum required me to dig more deeply than usual into Italian politics before I could decide which way I wanted to vote.
A regular citizen doesn't pay tax: lets jail or deport you, bar the entry for a decade, take away your home, car and anything you own in general and make you unable to find job for the rest of your life. Also your tax is double that of the billionaire, glhf ;) .
myrmidon•1h ago
If this is just from foreign sellers operating on amazon.it, then 1.4B of evaded taxes sounds like a lot to me, because the total revenue should be well under 50B/y, so this would be a significant fraction of total sales tax (and I'd expect most sellers to not be foreign and thus unaffected).
Would be quite nice to see rich people held accountable for once, curious how this will go.
philipwhiuk•1h ago
Most sellers probably are foreign.