(ANSA) - Palermo, November 24 - Italian tax police
uncovered corruption and waste costing 5.7 billion euros in the
18 months between January 2013 and September 2014, said a report
published Monday in the weekly journal of non-profit anti-mafia
research center Pio La Torre.
In the first nine months of 2014 alone, Italian tax police
conducted 24% more investigations than in the entire year of
2013, the analysis said.
The analysis of data from the 18-month period showed that
tax police cited 13,300 people, for offences such as absenteeism
in State jobs, paying suppliers twice for the same order, or
ordering expensive equipment that was never used.
Corruption, waste cost Italy 6 bn in 18 months - report
Increased tax police inspections cite 13,300 people