June 10，According to Italian news agency ANSA，After several years of investigation，The Fiscal and Tax Police in Genoa, Italy, recently charged the Netherlands-based online travel platform 188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom between 2013 and 2019，Evading local VAT amounting to 1.5.3 billion euros, approximately RMB 11.900 million yuan。

The Fiscal and Taxation Police of Genoa, Italy recently issued a statement，A Netherlands-based online travel platform committed massive tax evasion between 2013 and 2019，Amount reaches 1.€5.3 billion，About RMB 11.900 million yuan。The tax avoidance they discovered harmed the public interest，Disrupting competition rules。

188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom subsequently confirmed that it had indeed received an audit report recently，Also stated that “it plans to conduct comprehensive cooperation discussions with the Italian tax authorities。”

It is reported，Police in Genoa, Italy investigated 89 people working with 188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom.Discovered after 650,000 owners，188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom collected €700 million in commissions from private owners of the platform between 2013 and 2019，But 188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom did not pay tax to the Italian tax authorities。188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom acts as an intermediary between private hotel owners and guests，But many private owners on the platform do not have VAT numbers，The Italian tax department believes that online travel platforms should act as withholding agents。To this，188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom said，Hotels using its platform、Private owner，You are responsible for paying the taxes owed in Italy and related countries。

According to another person familiar with the matter，The Italian police investigation has attracted the attention of several European tourist destination countries。Also，As the investigation continues，The Italian tax authorities will initiate a separate procedure，188bet Online Sports Betting and Casinocom will need to decide whether to agree to pay back taxes or dispute these allegations of misconduct。

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