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'''Corruption''' is a problem in Greece.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">Inman, Phillip (9 September 2012) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/09/greece-tax-evasion-professional-classes?CMP=twt_gu Primary Greek tax evaders are the professional classes] The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2012</ref><ref name="Ethnos Forodiafygi">{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22770&subid=2&pubid=29345 |script-title=el:Πτώση της φοροδιαφυγής στο 41,6% από 49% το τελευταίο εξάμηνο |year=2006 |publisher=Ethnos |accessdate=12 October 2011 |language=el |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512060357/http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22770&subid=2&pubid=29345 |archive-date=12 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Transparency International]] stated in 2012 that corruption had played a major role in causing the [[Greek financial crisis]]<ref>[https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/greece_the_cost_of_a_bribe ''The Cost of a Bribe'' Transparency International, Surveys, 3 April 2012]</ref> (although the crisis itself was [[Greek government-debt crisis#External factors|triggered by the global financial crisis of 2007-2008]], and Greece's economy had fared well for most of the period up to the aforementioned crisis <ref name="Debt Past">{{cite news|title=2010-2018 Greek Debt Crisis and Greece's Past: Myths, Popular Notions and Implications |url =https://www.academia.edu/37583185 |publisher=Academia.edu |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref>). [[Tax evasion]] was described by Greek politicians as "a national sport"—with up to €30 billion per year going uncollected, according to a 2012 estimate.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21565657-greek-tax-dodgers-are-being-outed-national-sport-no-more |work=The Economist |title=A national sport no more |date=3 November 2012}}</ref> A 2016 estimate indicated that between €11 billion and €16 billion per annum were not collectable.<ref name="keeptalkinggreece.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2017/03/23/tax-evasion-in-greece-between-e11bn-e16bn-annually/|title=Tax evasion in Greece between €11bn and €16bn annually|website=www.keeptalkinggreece.com|accessdate=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055546/http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2017/03/23/tax-evasion-in-greece-between-e11bn-e16bn-annually/|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other significant amounts were uncollected due to VAT (sales tax) fraud<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/09/06/vat-gap-greece-lost-5-bln-euros-in-uncollected-vat-revenue/|title=VAT Gap: Greece Lost 5 Bln Euros in Uncollected VAT Revenue - GreekReporter.com|website=greece.greekreporter.com|accessdate=10 November 2017}}</ref> and smuggling.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianeosis.org/en/2016/06/tax-evasion-in-greece/|title=Tax Evasion in Greece – A Study - Dianeosis|first=Dianeosis|last=©|date=22 June 2016|accessdate=10 November 2017}}</ref> In 2016, the [[OECD]], Greece and the [[European Commission]] launched a project to increase integrity and reduce corruption in Greece through technical empowerment of the Greek authorities for the implementation of
[[Political corruption]] is acknowledged as a significant problem by many observers.
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== Alleged origin of Greek corruption ==
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