U.S. CFTC and Netherlands Finance Sign Mutual Enforcement Cooperation Agreement on Commodities Futures Trading

On April 29, 1993, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it and the Netherlands Finance Ministry signed a mutual cooperation agreement concerning enforcement matters. The agreement, which will become effective after its approval by the Dutch Parliament, provides for information sharing and assistance between the U.S. and the Netherlands about fraud and other illegal practices in the offer and sale of futures and options, and breaches of statutes and regulations covering futures market professionals and futures exchanges…[more]