Tax evasion in the meat industry: 10 people arrested after interrogations

Newsroom 14/03/2014 | 14:09

10 people were arrested after the investigation into tax evasion and altered products trading that came to the attention of the media on Wednesday. The 10 were retained on Thursday, after the DIICOT prosecutors interrogated 30 suspects.

Tax evasion scandal worth EUR 15 million in the meat industry lands people in jail

DIICOT’s activities ran in parallel with ANPC inspections in stores. Interim president, Marius Dunca, announced on Friday that after the controls on Thursday, 19 tons of meat and neat products were retired from the market place indefinitely. Alco, ANPC gave out fines worth RON 430,000 for expired products and inadequate labels.

Dunca added that over 400 retailers had been inspected, out of which 161 had committed infractions. In total, the ANPC inspectors looked at 333 tons of meat and discovered problems for 115 tons:
– expired products;
– meat stored in unsanitary conditions;
– broken packaging;
– altered meat;
– mislabeling: missing price, product info in other languages.

“I can only tell you what we established, ANPC’s job is to monitor labeling, storing, selling and transporting of products. The rest, where they were going, is not our responsibility”, Dunca said.