Tax investigations law limits Mafia State probe to 2014

Obstacles have emerged over how the findings of the Anti-Corruption Authority’s “Mafia State” investigation will be handled, after it became clear that the legal framework governing tax investigations cannot reach back far enough to cover when some of the report’s allegations are said to have occurred.

The Authority’s 3,000-page report will be forwarded to Tax Commissioner Sotiris Markides, so that the seven former Republic officials for whom the report identifies potential liabilities can be...