A business of undeclared purchase and sale of clothing and footwear from China damaged the Portuguese state by 88 million euros. The operations involved the import and commercialization of these products without the proper tax declaration.
The case went to court with four defendants who will be submitted to trial. The authorities identified a fraud scheme that allowed avoiding the payment of taxes on these goods imported from China.
The high value of the tax evasion, 88 million euros, demonstrates the significant scale of the fraudulent activities in the clothing and footwear sector. The Public Prosecutor's Office handled the case that now proceeds to trial.
