Tax office president František Imrecze resigns from his post

At the session of the parliamentary financial committee where he came to explain the scandal involving Chinese goods-related customs frauds on Wednesday, Financial Administration (tax office) president František Imrecze announced he would resign from his post. Imrecze said that he made the decision to resign on Wednesday, as he did not want to damage the Financial Administration. During its investigation into textile and footwear imports from China to the EU, the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) uncovered customs frauds totalling €2.2 billion, with goods worth roughly €300 million of the sum entering the EU via Slovakia. The customs frauds took place mostly in 2013-14, when Imrecze ran the Financial Administration. Before announcing his decision to resign, Imrecze informed MPs on the committee that Slovakia was not obliged to pay €300 million and that it would use legal tools to defend itself, to avoid having to pay a single euro in the case of the alleged customs frauds.