Customs Inspections at Kiliani: Focus on Show Business under HZA-SW Scrutiny in Schweinfurt
The Main Customs Office Schweinfurt is conducting inspections at the Kiliani Volksfest in Würzburg, with a focus on the showmen's trade. The purpose of these inspections is to ensure compliance with social security obligations, payment of the statutory minimum wage, and to uncover illegal employment, possible sham self-employment, and improper receipt of social benefits.
Journalists can contact the press office of the Main Customs Office Schweinfurt for questions, O-tones, and statements on-site next to the police festival booth on the Kiliani festival grounds. The contact details for the press office are: Benedikt Danz, Press Office, Tel.: 09721/6464-1030, Email: [email protected], Website: www.zoll.de.
The head of the press spokesperson at the Hauptzollamt Schweinfurt is Regierungsdirektorin Franziska Schubert, who leads the Hauptzollamt Schweinfurt and is likely responsible for inspections at events like the Kiliani Volksfest in Würzburg. The press contact is Anna-Lena Gernert.
The inspections are being carried out with over 70 personnel and are taking place at various aspects of the fair, including fairground rides, game booths, and sales stands. The Financial Control Schwarzarbeit of the Main Customs Office Schweinfurt is responsible for the inspections.
A document related to these inspections, titled "20250709_pm_kiliani.pdf", has been provided by the Main Customs Office Schweinfurt. The document is a PDF file and is 17 kB in size.
The customs inspections at the Kiliani Volksfest are expected to continue until late afternoon. A press release with the preliminary overall results of today's operation will be issued tomorrow. The showmen's trade is one of the sectors particularly affected by black work, making it a focus of the risk-oriented inspections.
