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- Carate Urio to Moltrasio via Rifugio Bugone February 20, 2021
- Cleaning Up Como’s Tax Office February 16, 2021
- Lake Como’s Bears, Wolves … and Werewolves February 7, 2021
- Escape to Switzerland via Monte Bisbino January 25, 2021
- Shadow of the Mafia over Como January 14, 2021
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Cleaning Up Como’s Tax Office
Cleaning Up Como’s Tax Office. The Director of the Province of Como’s tax office (the Agenzia delle Entrate) has been convicted of taking bribes in exchange for heavily discounting local businessmen’s tax bills at a cost of €2 million in lost revenue. Continue reading
Posted in crime, People, Uncategorized
Tagged accountants, bribes, corruption, Entrate, guardia di finanza, Pennestri, tangenti, tax, Ufficio Entrate
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Como’s ‘Viaggi della Salvezza’ – In Memory of the Holocaust
Last 27th January was Holocaust Memorial Day in both UK and Italy – and even though Como Companion is behind schedule on this, I would like to mark the event by looking at the heroic activities of one particular group … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, Itineraries, People, Places of interest, Uncategorized
Tagged Bisbino, Borders, bugone, cernobbio, corrias, customs, DELASEM, don marmori, gdf, guardia di finanza, holocaust, jews, medaglio d'oro, partisans, second world war, viaggi della salvezza, war
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