{"id":5157,"date":"2015-11-26T02:47:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2015-11-26T02:47:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T02:47:20","slug":"swiss-close-probe-into-illegal-eritrean-tax-claim-nov-25-2015-0900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/11\/26\/swiss-close-probe-into-illegal-eritrean-tax-claim-nov-25-2015-0900\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss close probe into \u2018illegal\u2019 Eritrean tax claim NOV 25, 2015 &#8211; 09:00"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"startArticle\">\n<div class=\"utility-bar-parent\">\n<div class=\"utility-bar row\">\n<div class=\"utility-karma\">\n<div class=\"karma-content-top\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"articleContent main-content\">\n<aside class=\"karma\"><\/aside>\n<div>\n<div class=\"floatWrapper show-for-small-up\">\n<aside class=\"teaser-in-article floatRight\">\n<div class=\"item picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"var-3x2\" title=\"Eritrean refugees in Switzerland (Keystone)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/image\/41799700\/3x2\/305\/203\/d5a9a1d0329318c964aae2042b2e163d\/Go\/eritrea-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Eritrean refugees in Switzerland (Keystone)\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"clickfinger\">\n<div>\n<p>Eritrean refugees in Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\">(Keystone)<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The Swiss Attorney General has dropped criminal investigations into alleged illegal tax collection by the Geneva-based Eritrean consulate. Prosecutors said the consulate could not be charged as the levies were authorized by the Eritrean state.<\/h3>\n<p>It was alleged that consulate officials had abused their position of authority by demanding unfair taxes from Eritrean refugees who had arrived in Switzerland. The NZZ am Sonntag newspaper had claimed that that refugees were made to sign a \u201cletter of regret\u201d at the consulate for not completing national service.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media reports, they were then told they could never return to Eritrea if they did not hand over the levy.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Office of Police investigated the claims for several months before posting an official complaint at the Attorney General\u2019s office in the autumn. But the Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung reported on Wednesday that prosecutors had decided on November 9 not to pursue the case early.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General&#8217;s office confirmed the report to swissinfo.ch.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General had warned that the burden of proof was extremely high when the case was opened in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Eritrean refugees in Switzerland (Keystone) The Swiss Attorney General has dropped criminal investigations into alleged illegal tax collection by the Geneva-based Eritrean consulate. Prosecutors said the consulate could not be charged as the levies were authorized by the Eritrean state. It was alleged that consulate officials had abused their position of authority by demanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_ml_titleColor":"#000000","_ml_titleFont":"Roboto","_ml_titleFontSize":1.1359999999999998987476601541857235133647918701171875,"_ml_titleFontWeight":"400","_ml_titleLineHeight":1.3000000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125,"_ml_metaColor":"#708090","_ml_metaFont":"Montserrat","_ml_metaFontSize":0.67849999999999999200639422269887290894985198974609375,"_ml_metaFontWeight":"400","_ml_metaLineHeight":0.92000000000000003996802888650563545525074005126953125,"_ml_bodyColor":"#a9a9a9","_ml_bodyFont":"Open Sans","_ml_bodyFontSize":0.84999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"_ml_bodyFontWeight":"400","_ml_bodyLineHeight":1.1999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875,"_ml_wooPriceColor":"#666","_ml_wooPriceFont":"Open Sans","_ml_wooPriceFontSize":0.90000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625,"_ml_wooPriceFontWeight":"400","_ml_wooPriceLineHeight":1.270000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125,"_ml_headingColor":"#000","_ml_headingFont":"Merriweather","_ml_headingFontSize":2.020000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125,"_ml_headingFontWeight":"700","_ml_headingLineHeight":1.4699999999999999733546474089962430298328399658203125,"_mlglobal_userfontcolors":{"headingColorUser":[],"titleColorUser":[],"metaColorUser":[],"bodyColorUser":[],"wooPriceColorUser":[]},"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swiss close probe into \u2018illegal\u2019 Eritrean tax claim NOV 25, 2015 - 09:00 - UNITED ERITREA MEDIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swiss close probe into \u2018illegal\u2019 Eritrean tax claim NOV 25, 2015 - 09:00 - UNITED ERITREA MEDIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Eritrean refugees in Switzerland (Keystone) The Swiss Attorney General has dropped criminal investigations into alleged illegal tax collection by the Geneva-based Eritrean consulate. 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