Zwart kapitaal: “Franstalig gerecht soepeler tegen belastingzondaars”
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Het Vlaams Belang vindt het veelzeggend dat er over de communautaire spreiding van 40 miljard aan zwart kapitaal geen enkele informatie wordt gegeven. Kamerlid Wouter Vermeersch (Vlaams Belang) zal minister van Justitie Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) dan ook ondervragen over deze 40 miljard euro die volgens het Rekenhof op Belgische rekeningen zou staan.
Het gaat om geld waarop de belasting niet werd betaald en waarbij de fiscus wegens verjaring ook niet meer kan optreden. De parketten zouden dat wel nog kunnen doen op grond van de anti-witwas wetgeving omdat de verjaring dan niet intreedt. “Het kapitaal in kwestie is veelal afkomstig van één van de zogenoemde fiscale regularisaties”, aldus Vermeersch. “Hierbij kon zwart geld op een wettelijke manier worden witgewassen mits het betalen van een bedrag aan de fiscus.”
“Traditioneel zijn alle Belgen gelijk voor de wet, maar ook in dit dossier van zwart kapitaal zijn de Franstaligen net iets gelijker”
België zou echter België niet zijn mocht er ook geen Vlaams-Waalse tegenstelling opduiken in dit dossier. Zo wordt er opmerkelijk meer kapitaal geregulariseerd in Vlaamse dossiers dan in Waalse. “In de derde ronde werd er voor bijna 1,7 miljard geregulariseerd in Nederlandstalige dossiers tegenover net geen 900 miljoen in Franstalige dossiers”, stelt Vermeersch. “Voor de vierde ronde gaat het om 850 miljoen in Nederlandstalige dossiers tegenover 375 miljoen in Franstalige dossiers.”
“De belastingzondaars wegen af hoe groot de kans is dat het gerecht optreedt. En advocaten zijn ervan overtuigd dat er in Franstalig België heel wat soepeler wordt opgetreden dan in Vlaanderen”, besluit Vermeersch. “Als het al tot een vervolging komt. Want het gerecht kan ook een zogenaamde ‘minnelijke schikking’ voorstellen. We zullen de minister ondervragen over deze mogelijkheid. We zijn er immers niet gerust in.”