Why Greece is Targeting Tax Evaders

The World

Greece is hurting financially and the new interim government think it has a solution: Go after tax evaders.

Tax evasion has been a big problem and the government is releasing the name of more than 4,000 tax evaders, many of them being celebrities.

Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Helena Smith, a reporter with the Guardian newspaper in London.

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