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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10013

6 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud
Prison term against Chinese textiles importers

Brussels, 05/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - A two-and-a-half year prison term and fines totalling almost €50 million is the punishment imposed on an individual responsible for large scale fraud involving textiles imported from China and the evasion of several million euros in customs duties and VAT. On Thursday 5 November, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) uncovered the illegal activities in co-operation with the Austrian customs and partner services from several other EU member...

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