Over 2000 Italians probed in tax evasion crackdown

ROME | Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:12am EST

ROME Feb 26 (Reuters) - Italy's tax agency is investigating more than 2,000 Italians who transferred more than 2 billion euros abroad to tax havens between 2007 and 2008, the agency said on Friday.

Those being probed are strongly suspected for having evaded taxes and transferred huge sums abroad, the agency said.

(Reporting by Deepa Babington)

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