The Local Germany

Postman hoarded one tonne of letters at home

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:32:41 +0100

Police in Cologne are investigating a former postman who appears to have stockpiled thousands of undelivered letters in his home.

Swiss MP threatens fire with fire over bank data

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:50:00 +0100

A Swiss member of parliament alleged Saturday that top German public officials had secret bank accounts in Switzerland and threatened to out them if Germany bought stolen data on tax dodgers.

Swiss data to be bought this weekend: report

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:01:00 +0100

German tax investigators were in France this weekend to buy the now-notorious stolen Swiss bank data on 1,500 alleged tax cheats, magazine Focus reported Saturday.