German tax fire

When police raided the stately Dusseldorf villa of Deutsche Post chief Klaus Zumwinkel and carted away evidence of alleged illegal tax evasion, it represented only the latest public embarrassment of Germany’s beleaguered business leaders. Volkswagen’s personnel director was convicted last year of entertaining labour leaders with prostitutes at company expense and Siemens’ CEO resigned after revelations of the company’s longstanding practice of giving out bribes. Together, the slew of scandals sh...