“Grootschalige fraude moet wél prioritair bestreden worden”
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Het Vlaams Belang is er niet over te spreken dat het aanpakken van grootschalige fraude voortaan wellicht niet meer tot de prioriteiten van onze politiediensten zal behoren. “Straffeloosheid voor grote fraudeurs terwijl kleine overtreders wel aangepakt worden, is onrechtvaardig en gewoonweg onaanvaardbaar”, zegt Kamerlid Ortwin Depoortere. “Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) moet de juiste prioriteiten leggen in plaats van prioriteiten te verwijderen.”
In het Nationaal Veiligheidsplan dat op 1 januari van kracht wordt en dat bepaalt wat tot 2025 in dit land de belangrijkste veiligheidsthema’s zullen zijn, staat de fiscale fraude niet langer aangestipt als fenomeen dat een ‘bijzondere aandacht’ verdient van de politiediensten. “Als signaal naar fraudeurs en oplichters toe kan dit tellen”, aldus Depoortere. “En België is voor dit soort misdadigers al een land van melk en honing.”
“Verlinden heeft het regeerakkoord, waarin gesteld werd dat fraude op elke flank bestreden moet worden, niet goed gelezen”
“In dit land worden witteboordcriminelen al jaar en dag de mogelijkheid geboden om zich tegen een afkoopsom een buitenvervolgingstelling te verschaffen, kijk maar naar de klassenjustitie in de zaak Beaulieu”, vervolgt Depoortere. “Fraudeurs met veel geld en een goede advocaat hadden hier al niet veel te vrezen, en dankzij Verlinden wordt de straffeloosheid zo goed als compleet.”
“Het is de logica zelve dat drugs, verkeersmisdrijven, intrafamiliaal en seksueel geweld, radicalisering en terrorisme, mensensmokkel en oplichting via het internet de komende vier jaar door de politie als prioritair beschouwd zullen worden”, besluit Depoortere. “Maar dat moet absoluut ook gelden voor een volkomen asociaal gebeuren als grootschalige fraude.”