With a pristine white exterior, the Greece tax authority’s new headquarters looks out of place on a clogged industrial artery outside Athens. A former shopping mall and ice rink, the building has been overhauled into an ultramodern digital centre that has led the rescue of the nation’s ailing finance and tax sector.
It is teeming with inspectors who chase down tax cheats with the help of drones, big data, and live surveillance feeds from as far as Greece’s island ports and remote farming villages.
