Italy

Italian tax dodgers uncovered by the Redditometro

The Italian authorities have been accused of resorting to police state-style tactics with the introduction of a new weapon to hunt down the nation’s many tax dodgers.

The new procedure makes it possible to scrutinise any family’s spending pattern, and compare this with what it says it earns.

Italy police discover cannabis factory in Rome tunnel

Officers reportedly stumbled across the factory after smelling the pungent crop near an entrance, not far from the Italian central bank.