As we reported earlier the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) is organizing a series of 3 hearings to look into the roles played by banks, accountants and lawyers in the setting-up of secret offshore constructions for their clients. The first of these series of hearings took place on January 24, 2017 and focused on the professions in general. Earlier we already reported that the European Parliament made a reply of the webstream of the meeting available. In addition the European Parliament has now published presentations, statements and replies to written questions.

The presentations, statements and replies to written questions that have been released by the European Parliament include a.o.:

·   Presentation from Professor Brooke Harrington, Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School. Author of “Capital without Borders, Wealth Managers and the One Percent”

·   Statement from Daniel Hall, Director and co-head of Burford’s global corporate intelligence - Burford Capital

·   Statement from Rupert Manhart, Chair of the Anti-money laundering Committee of The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)

·   Statement from Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Roger Kaiser, Senior Policy Adviser of European Banking Federation (EBF)

·   Replies to written questions from Professor Ronen Palan, Senior advisor - Tax Justice Network

·   Replies to written questions from Professor Brooke Harrington, Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School. Author of “Capital without Borders, Wealth Managers and the One Percent”

·   Replies to written questions from Daniel Hall, Director and co-head of Burford’s global corporate intelligence - Burford Capital

·   Replies to written questions from the Committee of The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)

·   Replies to written questions from the European Banking Federation (EBF)

·   Replies to written questions from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)

If you are interested in viewing the replay of the webstream of the meeting of January 24, 2017, then click here to be forwarded to our article from January 24, 2017 in which you will find a link to the replay.

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