Taxman to crack down on illegal gambling websites

The Financial Administration is to release its first list of banned gambling websites on July 17, followed by updates on a weekly basis, according to its spokesperson Patrícia Macíková, quoted by the TASR press agency. In the first phase, the Financial Administration will search for sites with gambling activities that violate the law before calling on them to shut down such practices. If they don't react within the period stipulated by law, they'll be placed on a blacklist, and the Financial Administration will then ask a court for an injunction to block the sites and payment transactions concerning the related bank accounts. In addition, the authorities can impose fines amounting to as much as €500,000 for running illegal gambling websites.