Greek Ship Owners Reported

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance, has passed the names of some Greeks, with ships sailing under Dutch flag, to the Greek authorities. A spokeswoman of the Ministry of Finance confirmed this on Monday. The information was made public by the Greek newspaper Parapolitika. According to the newspaper, the Greeks are suspected of tax evasion in their country. There are 180 people involved. The Ministry of Finance did not confirm the number. The Finance department also doesn’t want to say why the names have been passed and if this was on the request of the Greek government.