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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice campaign to rat out cheap pizza comes up dry
Is this measure anti-immigrant or pro-tax compliance?
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updated 11.2.2016 12:06 (Feb 11, 2016)
National Police Board Inspector Tarmo Lamminaho wont forget October 12th, 2015 for as long as he lives. That was the day Finlands police started their first social media campaign against the grey economy on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. On its opening day, police investigators Anne and Jutta asked the public to tip-off the police if they have encountered an eating establishment in Finland that regularly sold pizzas for fewer than 6 euros.
The two-week campaign exceeded all expectations within the first few hours, but not in the way the police had anticipated. People were irate at being asked by the police in effect to spy on their neighbours. As director of the campaign, Lamminaho got an earful.
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Some people cried racial profiling, as the majority of the pizzeria owners in Finland are immigrants. Others suspected an ulterior motive, as MaRa, the union of restaurant and hospitality businesses in Finland, was found to be linked to the investigation and it was naturally in their interests to crush the low-priced competition from small family-run businesses.
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Even though the contentious campaign produced no convictions, several restaurants are now under investigation for shady financial activities.
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Police campaign to rat out cheap pizza comes up dry (Original Post)
FrodosPet
Feb 2016
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LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)1. Do they deliver?
I will tip well.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)2. These cops are sure to Finnish what they started.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)3. are you going to finish that pizza?
I'll leave now.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)4. Norway am I gonna waste this Helsinki Ham and Lutefisk 'za!
It was just too Swede of a deal.