https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italians are often considered to be more dishonest than their northern European counterparts, due mostly to the country's high profile problems with corruption and tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/swedes-just-as-likely-to-cheat-their-taxes-as-italians-study Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:14:28 +0200 swedes-just-as-likely-to-cheat-their-taxes-as-italians-study Italy is preparing to tighten the law against time clock cheats after a series of stings which found people clocking-in for friends and a traffic cop punching-in in his underpants. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/time-up-for-public-sector-shirkers-as-italy-declares-crackdown Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:18:03 +0100 time-up-for-public-sector-shirkers-as-italy-declares-crackdown Italy's Court of Cassation has ruled that a man who backed out of his wedding at the last-minute must cover the wedding costs incurred by his jilted ex. https://www.thelocal.it/20151019/italy-court-orders-cheating-groom-to-pay-wedding-costs Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:46:36 +0200 italy-court-orders-cheating-groom-to-pay-wedding-costs A court near the glamorous French Riviera city of Cannes this week handed a jail term to a daring and sophisticated Italian poker cheat, who used infra-red contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink in a scam described as "the first of its kind in Europe". https://www.thelocal.it/20130926/italian-poker-cheat-used-infra-red-contact-lenses Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:41:00 +0200 italian-poker-cheat-used-infra-red-contact-lenses A 64-year-old man from Bari lived off disability benefits for 30 years by claiming he was blind. https://www.thelocal.it/20130719/blind-bari-man-claims-benefits-for-30-years Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:12:00 +0200 blind-bari-man-claims-benefits-for-30-years