Baldwin Braids and Blush: Klingbeil's Crusade Against Gray-Market Labor and Plans to "Send Out the Feds"
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Facebook Twitter Whatsapp E-Mail Print Copy Link Gray-market labor may seem like a pesky problem, but it's got some hefty consequences. Finance Minister Klingbeil sounds off, takes a tough stance, and delivers a jab at his predecessor, Lindner.
As per Federal Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Lars Klingbeil, the financial sleuths unearthed a whopping damage of 766 million euros due to gray-market labor in 2024. "If we ramp up the investigations further, we'll find more, protect people from the grind, and secure state coffers," said the SPD politico. He announced a bill to combat the grind, with his ministry planning to table it before the summer break.
Economy Systematic Swindles: Hundreds of Thousands Ripped Off Minimum Wage The published figure for the total damage incurred by gray-market labor in 2024 is a significant jump compared to the previous year. In 2023, the damages amounted to 615 million euros in the context of criminal and administrative offense investigations in Germany.
Experts suspect the dark figure is still much higher. The economics minister plans to employ automated data analysis, even using AI. The crack team of financial sleuths willfocus on the hairdressing trade, cosmetics, and barbershops, as well as nail studios.
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At an event on Monday evening in Lüneburg, Klingbeil also decreed: "I want to send out my financial sleuths, there's a lot to dig up." As he took a jab at the former FDP leader and finance minister Christian Lindner, Klingbeil mentioned: "I get the impression that my predecessor Christian Lindner wasn't quite as driven." It's about billions in gold the state lost.
Despite a manpower shortage, more can be done than before: "You've got to utilize the financial sleuths wisely to battle tax evasion." The problem of gray-market labor and illegal employment has plagued the world for years, "but I've only been finance minister for three weeks," said Klingbeil.
Source: ntv.de, gho/rts/dpa
- Gray-Market Labor
- Lars Klingbeil
- Federal Ministry of Finance
- Financial Sleuths
- Lars Klingbeil, the Federal Finance Minister, declared that the financial losses due to gray-market labor in 2024 amounted to 766 million euros.
- To combat gray-market labor, Klingbeil's ministry plans to investigate the hairdressing trade, cosmetics, and barbershops, utilizing automated data analysis and AI.
