EU Forum Charts Enhanced Cooperation Between FIUs and Tax Authorities

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Saturday, January 1, 2005
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
21
Issue: 
1
2
Abstract: 
On October 7, 2004, the General Directorate Justice and Home Affairs, European Commission, held a roundtable on the cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and tax authorities. This discussion captures a cutting edge emerging development in the EU, which often presages international developments worldwide. The Forum on the Prevention of Organized Crime is a mechanism that is an element of the general European Union strategy on crime prevention. The Forum is a partnership between all stakeholders involved in the prevention of organized crime (national law enforcement authorities, businesses and professional groups, academic researchers, non-governmental organizations and civil society as a whole)...[more]