seeder Posted November 26, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) Jailed heroin smuggler who flooded Europe with the Class A drug receives £67,000 TAX BILL after France judges him to be a 'self-employed freelancer' Criminal, 44, was jailed for four years for flooding the streets with heroin But the French tax authorities ruled he was a bona fide 'small businessman' They made deductions for personal use and 'business trips' - AKA drug runs It comes after 2009 French law made earnings from crime taxable http://www.dailymail...freelancer.html from the comments: "It's illegal to commit a crime and profit - but legal for government to profit from the same crime"? . Edited November 26, 2013 by seeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Winds Posted November 26, 2013 #2 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Reminds me of Al Capone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 26, 2013 #3 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Jailed heroin smuggler who flooded Europe with the Class A drug receives £67,000 TAX BILL after France judges him to be a 'self-employed freelancer' Criminal, 44, was jailed for four years for flooding the streets with heroin But the French tax authorities ruled he was a bona fide 'small businessman' They made deductions for personal use and 'business trips' - AKA drug runs It comes after 2009 French law made earnings from crime taxable http://www.dailymail...freelancer.html from the comments: "It's illegal to commit a crime and profit - but legal for government to profit from the same crime"? . In the U.K. both Police and Customs have auctions on confiscated items (not drugs which are burned in Gov't incinerators) which could be anything from Cars to Cases of Scotch,and before this happens the offenders are usually fined or imprisoned depending on the seriousness of the offence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted November 26, 2013 #4 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I don't know about Europe, but the IRS in the US doesn't care if the money you earn is legal, illegal, immoral or fattening... All earnings (over a certain small amount) must be declared... Had Al Capone declared his crime money, the IRS would have had no problem with him (of course they might have told the FBI about it.. but that's another story)... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 26, 2013 #5 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I don't know about Europe, but the IRS in the US doesn't care if the money you earn is legal, illegal, immoral or fattening... All earnings (over a certain small amount) must be declared... Had Al Capone declared his crime money, the IRS would have had no problem with him (of course they might have told the FBI about it.. but that's another story)... Hiya, the problem is that you have to catch the villians first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted November 26, 2013 #6 Share Posted November 26, 2013 money money money must be funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted November 26, 2013 #7 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Income tax has never been separated by legal or illegal source in most of Europe. In fact, in many European countries he also would get a bill for import tax and a tax evasion charge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted November 26, 2013 #8 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's and then stick a needle in your arm and sleep standing up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted November 26, 2013 Author #9 Share Posted November 26, 2013 judging by the druggie politicians and mayors in the news lately... he should have just greased the right palms with all the grams they wanted... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted November 26, 2013 #10 Share Posted November 26, 2013 if i was the mayor of toronto id smoke crack to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted November 26, 2013 #11 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Somehow, I don't think 4-years in prison will stop him from starting it all over again after he get's out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 26, 2013 #12 Share Posted November 26, 2013 We have a Chinese guy (no names) on T.V. today who has assets of over 300 million,and has paid £1000 income tax this year,he has been ordered in court to pay £2 million within 6 months or he will face 5 years jail. What a British Justice farce, I wouldn't bet a penny that he will still be here in 5 months time.He has been in jail in Hong Kong for money laundering.......so you can bet that he has money stashed all over the world and will just "disappear". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Ford Posted November 26, 2013 #13 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Weird, in the UK there is a law called 'Proceeds of Crime Act'. It basically means the government can seize anything that the drug dealer owns which he can not prove he bought legitimately. So for instance if he was on benefits but had been presumed to have bought his house and car and tv etc with drug money then they can just take the whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 27, 2013 #14 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Weird, in the UK there is a law called 'Proceeds of Crime Act'. It basically means the government can seize anything that the drug dealer owns which he can not prove he bought legitimately. So for instance if he was on benefits but had been presumed to have bought his house and car and tv etc with drug money then they can just take the whole lot. And then they give him 3 meals a day and he is allowed visitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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