Financial police

Catering and construction industry fined millions

The financial police knocked on the doors of thousands of businesses.

(Bild: Bundesministerium für Finanzen)

Last year, the financial police scrutinized 4360 Styrian businesses - and discovered all kinds of irregularities. There were reports of illegal employment, wage and social dumping or illegal employment of foreigners. The "Krone" knows the details.

When the officers of the financial police knock loudly on the doors of Styrian pubs and pull out their badges on building sites, it makes many a restaurateur or builder's forehead sweat. Of course, only the black sheep have to fear penalties - and the Ministry of Finance caught plenty of them in 2023. The "Krone" knows the latest white-green control balance sheet of the finance minister.