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The port of Piraeus is one of the largest in the EU, here there are also large quantities of goods from China Listen to the article Copy the current link to the Merk list The EU floods cheap goods from China - now the authorities have confiscated mountains.They were neither removed nor taxed, the damage is 800 million euros. The EU has succeeded in a big blow to container smuggling from China.At a raid in Greece, 2435 ship containers were confiscated, the content of which is said to have been largely decorated and taxed.The campaign in the port of Piraeus was the largest in the history of the EU, the public prosecutor's office of the European Union said. E-bikes, clothing and shoes were primarily in the containers.The investigators estimate the value of the goods at 250 million euros.The authorities accuse those responsible for having been systematically and on a large scale with tariffs and taxes.About 10 to 15 percent of the e-bikes contained in the containers are said to have been specified at customs. China fraud network has been active for years Investigators assume that the flown customs fraudsters have been making false information on the goods import for at least eight years.This resulted in damage of 350 million euros in lost tariffs and another 450 million euros in taxes that have not been paid.The fraud network is said to have been largely checked by Chinese citizens who were also involved in money laundering and who would have transferred profits to China. The raids against the organized container smuggling had already started at the end of June under the keyword "Calypso".Ten suspects were arrested, including two customs employees."Highly organized criminal networks have specialized in this type of fraud for years," said the head of the European public prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi.The "Calypso" investigations broadcast the clear message to the criminals, "there are no more safe refuge for you". bak