They are not a toy like in France: once with the case? I forgot the name (Bank in Luxembourg and investigative journalist convicted) in which Sarko was on the list and lodged a complaint, Villepin and Chirac put under investigation by justice (prohibited from contact).
Tax fraud: Germany undermines Liechtenstein banking secrecy
German authorities confirmed on Saturday that they had successfully circumvented Liechtenstein banking secrecy by purchasing bank information from an informer that led to the investigation of a large-scale tax fraud case.
Five million euros: this is the amount paid by the German secret services to an informant to obtain bank data from Liechtenstein, revealing fraudsters in Germany, according to information revealed by the magazine Der Spiegel to be published on Monday, and partially confirmed by the government.
The Minister of Finance, Peer Steinbrück "was informed of the budgetary consequences and gave his agreement" to the payment of this counterpart, his ministry said in a statement on Saturday, without specifying the amount paid to the informant.
The minister "was not aware of details of the planned action or the accounts and names" and "was informed of the success of the current investigation just last week," the statement added.
Germany faces a historic tax evasion scandal.
A scent of historical scandal has floated over Germany since the justice announced Friday to investigate hundreds of suspects of tax evasion to Liechtenstein, "key figures" in Germany, according to the Ministry of Finance.
First on the list of suspects, the boss of the Deutsche Post, Klaus Zumwinkel, presented his resignation Friday after a spectacular search of his home and office.
The Zumwinkel affair seems to be only the tip of the iceberg, since several German newspapers report a thousand cases, totaling several billion euros of fraud while 900 search warrants are ready to be executed as soon as this weekend, especially in Cologne and Düsseldorf (west).
The Liechtenstein bank LGT, owned by the princely house of Liechtenstein, acknowledged on Saturday that the bank data in the possession of the German authorities come from a confidential list belonging to LGT and stolen in 2002 by an employee, dismissed and sentenced since.
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There it is not a small Kerviel, but BIG who are concerned.
If German Justice does its job to the end, we will understand why the rich are always richer and the poor always poorer.
Germany: a benchmark in Europe for its results (no trade deficit like in France, a large surplus).
They pronounce the austerity for the people and they force-feed themselves by diverting public money.
your real first name is Jean-Christophe? 
