Verdere versterking onafhankelijkheid, onpartijdigheid en integriteit van de Rechtspraak (Nederland)
Om de onafhankelijkheid, onpartijdigheid en integriteit van de Nederlandse rechtspraak verder te versterken, doet de Nederlandse minister Dekker (Rechtsbescherming) samen met minister Ollongren (BZK) een aantal voorstellen om o.a. wettelijk te verbieden dat rechters een functie bekleden in de landelijke politiek en om financiële belangenverstrengeling bij rechters te voorkomen. De wijzigingen zijn mede naar aanleiding van aanbevelingen van de Group of States Again Corruption (GRECO) van de Raad van Europa ...
OECD calls on countries to crack down on the professionals enabling tax and white collar crimes
Countries should increase efforts to better deter, detect and disrupt the activities of professionals who enable tax evasion and other financial crimes, according to a new OECD report “Ending the Shell Game: Cracking down on the Professionals who enable Tax and White Collar Crimes”. This has been announced by the OECD with a press release dated 25 February 2021 on the occasion of the release of the peer review reports ...
New Beneficial Ownership Toolkit will help tax administrations tackle tax evasion more effectively
The first ever beneficial ownership toolkit was released today in the context of the OECD’s Global Integrity and Anti-Corruption Forum. The toolkit, prepared by the Secretariat of the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank, is intended to help governments implement the Global Forum’s standards on ensuring that law enforcement officials have access to reliable information on who the ultimate beneficial owners are behind ...
Strengthening the global response to tax crime
More than 200 global tax and economic crime experts have identified key areas for international action following the Fifth OECD Forum on Tax and Crime, in London. In a week dominated by media coverage of offshore issues, the Forum brought experts on tax, customs, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, policing, and prosecution together to agree priorities for action. This follows from a press release of 8 November 2017 on the website of the ...