On January 24, 2017 the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) held the first hearing of a series of three on the role of lawyers, accountants and bankers in the Panama Papers. The European Parliament has now made a replay of the webstream of this meeting available on its website.
During the three hearings the PANA Committee looks specifically into the roles played by banks, accountants and lawyers in the setting-up of secret offshore constructions for their clients. This first hearing focused on the professions in general. Whereas the second (February 9, 2017) and the third meeting (March 6, 2017) in this series will zoom in on concrete cases in different Member States.
Speakers in the hearing of January 24, 2017 included:
· Professor Ronen Palan, Senior advisor - Tax Justice Network;
· Professor Brooke Harrington, Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School. Author of “Capital without Borders, Wealth Managers and the One Percent”;
· Daniel Hall, Director and co-head of Burford’s global corporate intelligence - Burford Capital;
· Rupert Manhart, Chair of the Anti-money laundering Committee of The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE);
· Richard Frimston, Member of the CCBE and expert on topics relating to tax, beneficial ownership, and offshore activities aspects;
· Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of European Banking Federation (EBF);
· Roger Kaiser, Senior Policy Adviser of European Banking Federation (EBF); and
· Professor Stef van Weeghel, Global Tax Policy Leader, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC).
Click here to be forwarded to the replay of the webstream as made available on the website of the European Parliament.
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