Feb.03, 2010, 11:38 AM
Passengers travelling through the Danish Kastrup airport near the capital city Copenhagen with undeclared money, can be taxed up to 75 percent, according to report reaching here from Copenhagen on Tuesday.
Danish tax authority Skat introduced the program a year ago and collected about 3.8 million Danish kroner (US$712,268) in unpaid taxes, China's Xinhua news agency cited a report from the Copenhagen Post as saying.
It also said the Skat would strengthen the programme by using sniffing dogs to check euros, kroner or dollars passengers carry.
A total of 129 instances of violations were found by Skat at the airport last year, involving a total of 47 million kroner's (US$8.81 million) worth of cash and goods, the report added.
"We investigate where the money came from, and certain violations could result in criminal convictions for money laundering or social fraud," Skat's deputy director Jorgen B. Madsen was quoted as saying by the Copenhagen Post.
In most cases, the money is smuggled out to support the person' s family abroad, but if it is more than 10 thousand euro allowable limitation, the surplus can face up to 50 to 75 percent tax, it said.