Germany's centre-right government is considering paying an informant €2.5 million for data on alleged tax evaders in Switzerland, a move the Alpine country slammed as illegal.
"Our goal is to get possession of this data, if it is relevant," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference on Monday (1 February), after debating the issue in her cabinet over the week-end, Spiegel Online reports.
The disk offered to the German government for €2.5 million contains data on so...
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