Tax Administration of Serbia: We are checking claims regarding Panama Papers
After the beginning of the affair with the data leaked from the Panamanian agency for off-shore businesses, the domestic media published the names of 18 persons from Serbia who appear in these documents. The Tax Administration announced on April 8 that it was checking the stated claims.
The Tax Administration of Serbia stated on April 8, in connection with the Panama Papers case, that it had taken all the legally envisaged measures in its jurisdiction, and that it was checking the stated claims in coordination with other state bodies.
The Crime and Corruption Investigation Network (KRIK) earlier announced the names of 18 persons from Serbia who have founded off-shore companies via the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, from which the documents have been leaked.
“In all cases where there are indications of tax evasion, the Tax Administration is taking measures in its jurisdiction, while honoring the provisions of Article 7 of the Law on tax procedures and tax administration and protecting the data about individual taxpayers,” reads the statement of the Tax Administration of Serbia.
Several days ago, a number of international media simultaneously published that 11.5 million documents had been “leaked” from one of the main agencies for founding off-shore companies, the Mossack Fonseca. This Panamanian agency is one of the leading creators of fictitious companies, with branch offices in more than 30 world cities. Last year, 2.6 terabytes of data was leaked from this company to investigative journalists. It was stated that 100 world media participated in the investigation, headed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the German paper Suddeutsche Zeitung.
Source: Beta/Insajder