The Koblenz prosecutors and officials of the Hauptzollamt have browsed pilot areas of the budget airline Ryanair at six locations in Germany. This is about alleged tax and social security fraud from partner companies of the airline, told the Koblenz public prosecutor Hans Peter Gandner. He thus confirmed a report of “time line”.
The raid with several dozen officials had been held at the airports Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne, Weeze in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hahn in the Hunsrück, Bremen and Baden-Baden .
The investigators have computers, schedules and other documents ensured. Also at least two private homes of pilots had been searched. To place Gandner did not specify. Against pilots will determined on suspicion of complicity in tax and social security fraud. The room is suspected bogus self.
These are based on investigations against two British staffing company, have been contracted and loaned to the Irish budget airline Ryanair pilots. In this way, airlines can push their labor costs. In Germany stationed independent Ryanair pilots are taxes but not – have settled in this country at the site – as prescribed in the opinion of the prosecutor of an EU regulation.
The investigations have been underway for years
The investigations run according Gandner been at least six years. The two British service personnel had been already searched by way of legal aid. When asked why more raids had become necessary now suddenly, the Chief Prosecutor of the dpa said: “There have been new evidence.” Details he did not reveal, but added: “. I hope that this year we will finish the investigation”
Ryanair spokesman Robin Kiely told: “Ryanair has met with the German tax authorities and agreed to this with regard to their investigations on some contract pilots to support (” Contractor Pilots “) The German tax authorities have confirmed that. the tax police not investigating Ryanair. the airline ask of their free and salaried pilots, “that they always behave in accordance with their tax obligations”.
said Jim Phillips of the pilots’ union cockpit, it must in an industry do not give such a high responsibility as aviation agreements that served to circumvent worker laws. accused pilots was a possibly illegal actions here probably not realized.
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