The government spokesperson, Pavlos Marinakis, calls for answers from SYRIZA, invoking an article in the Sunday edition of “Proto Thema,” which presents Stefanos Kasselakis’s crab boats in the USA.
The article provides details about this business activity of the SYRIZA president in the USA, which he himself revealed in an interview, despite the fact that the law (during the Tsipras era) prohibits it for parliamentary party leaders.
“With the harbor of New Bedford as its anchorage, the whaling engine of the previous century, Mr. Kasselakis set sail 60 miles from Boston, using the well-known method (from Osios LLC, through which he lent to SYRIZA): LLC means Limited Liability Company, meaning the owner is not personally liable for any losses of the business. And of course, the tax domicile of TM Lobstering, like that of Osios LLC, is Delaware, the official tax haven of the USA, where LLC companies enjoy the tax privileges of an offshore without being considered foreign,” the Sunday edition of “Proto Thema” reports.
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As reported by “Proto Thema,” “TM Lobstering LLC, according to the official records of the State of Massachusetts, was founded on December 18, 2020, amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Why then? Things are rather simple – Mr. Kasselakis saw a business opportunity: the lobster industry in the area was suffering due to the closure of restaurants during the quarantine, many fishermen had abandoned the profession, and prices for fishing vessels and fishing licenses were low. The establishment of the company came at the end of that dramatic fishing season – but the following months brought a dramatic recovery to the industry, vindicating Kasselakis’ investment choice.”
In this context, the government spokesperson, in his announcement, calls on SYRIZA to answer what are the exact activities of the leader of the official opposition.
As Mr. Marinakis states, Mr. Kasselakis “constantly assures us vaguely that we know everything about him, but it essentially proves that we have much more to learn,” and continues by saying that “it would be good for Greek citizens to learn about it ‘directly’ and not from newspaper reports”.
