Posted on 10/13/2015 9:07:11 AM PDT by moose07
Police are requesting citizens to inform them of pizzerias that offer their meals at less than 6 euros each. Their campaign is directed mainly at social media, where people have been quick to ridicule the seemingly trivial measure, but one which the authorities say is the first decisive step towards rooting out the country's grey economy.
Police are asking people to report sightings of pizza restaurants that offer pizzas at less than 6 euros as an anti-grey market measure.
"We need tips from citizens. You can post them on our web site or contact us on social media. Unless a pizza is on temporary sale there is no way a legitimate establishment can offer pizza at less than 6 euros," claims Minna Immonen from the Uusimaa police department.
The social media call for help caused confusion on Monday as members of the public thought that "Anne" and "Jutta" – real financial crime researchers working with the police – were fake officers posting through a bogus Twitter account. Immonen is their supervisor.
No more 3.90 euro pizzas
{snip}. Police say that instead of arousing outrage their pizza campaign should entice the public to work with them, not least of all because the issue represents millions of dodged tax euros.
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Police surveillance has already removed some of the wildest discounts from menus. Detective Inspector Immonen says that the lowest price she has encountered was a 3.90 euro pizza in Pasila, Helsinki.
Police have illustrated the cost of making a single pizza as part of their anti-grey market campaign. They graphically show that a third of the cost goes towards ingredients, 36.5 percent is spent on wages, 11.5 percent on VAT, 9.6 percent on rents, while other fees represent 8 percent of the total cost.
(Excerpt) Read more at yle.fi ...
Is pizza the only food they eat ?
I’m familiar with “grey-market” gear in tech, but just what the heck is a “grey-market Pizza” ???
The EU is doomed.
Yeah, just try that with grey-market donuts and see how far you get.
Tax free.
God forbid something is affordable in Europe.
LoL,
All we are saying is give pizza a chance.
It is one of the few foods you can find inexpensive. The Turkish run pizza joints—
A flood of illegals from the ME and Europe is worried about the threat of cheap pizza? Perfect.
It doesn’t matter how you slice it, the tax man always wants a Pizza the action.
Pizza Police
Dept of PATF: Pizza, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
See the pope in the pizza.
"PIZZA THE HUTT!"
Right? Yeah, good luck keeping the black market in check now. The “refugees” don’t play European welfare state. Well, they take from it. They just don’t pay in.
The Finnish police are on top of that as well : http://yle.fi/uutiset/police_union_says_more_resources_needed_to_deal_with_asylum_claims/8376586
Aviod the EU Noids
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