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This is what happens when the parasites take too much, people go underground and then revolt.
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Priska Bauer straps a gun to her side and throws a black coat over her bulletproof vest. Her mission: fight Germany's underground economy.
The 42-year-old leads five other customs officers as they swoop in on an Asian restaurant near the western German city of Mainz, targeting employees working for cash or without a permit.
``We always aim for the kitchen first; that's our only chance,'' says Bauer as her team checks papers and questions the staff amid woks and piles of vegetables. ``Give them only two minutes and they're all gone.''
Germany is cracking down on its growing black-market economy as workers duck some of the highest taxes in Europe. With companies trying to cut costs as the global credit crisis pushes Europe's largest economy near recession, more people may be forced underground. And Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to extend the minimum wage, a move economists say may send more work under the table and cost as many as 600,000 jobs.
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The 42-year-old leads five other customs officers as they swoop in on an Asian restaurant near the western German city of Mainz, targeting employees working for cash or without a permit.
``We always aim for the kitchen first; that's our only chance,'' says Bauer as her team checks papers and questions the staff amid woks and piles of vegetables. ``Give them only two minutes and they're all gone.''
Germany is cracking down on its growing black-market economy as workers duck some of the highest taxes in Europe. With companies trying to cut costs as the global credit crisis pushes Europe's largest economy near recession, more people may be forced underground. And Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to extend the minimum wage, a move economists say may send more work under the table and cost as many as 600,000 jobs.
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