The 3rd hearing in a series of 3 that the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) is holding to look specifically into the roles played by banks, accountants and lawyers in the setting-up of secret offshore constructions for their clients is to be held on March 6, 2017. This 3rd hearing will zoom in on the French and Swiss practices. The European Parliament has published a Draft Programme for this meeting as well as a list of expected speakers.
The hearing will be held on February March 6, 2017 (15.00 – 18.30 CET).
According to the Draft Programme the first part of the hearing (15.00 – 16.50 CET) will focus on the French case. For this part of the hearing the following persons are expected to provide input:
· Patrick Suet, Chairman of Société Générale Bank & Trust, Luxembourg
· Anne Michel, (Le Monde, France) - Investigative Journalist at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
· Sylvie David-Chino, Global Head of IFS Compliance, BNP Paribas
· Albert Allo, Deputy Director of the French Financial Intelligence Service TracFin (Traitement du renseignement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins)
· Olivier Boutellis-Taft, CEO of Accountancy Europe, and Paul Gisby, Manager for Taxation and Transparency
According to the Draft Programme the second part of the hearing (16.50 – 18.25 CET) will focus on the Swiss case. For this part of the hearing the following persons are expected to provide input:
· Oliver Zihlmann (Sonntagszeitung | Le Matin Dimanche, Switzerland), Investigative Journalist at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
· Jean-Bernard Schmid, Public prosecutor attached to the unit in charge of complex criminal investigations, Geneva
· Peter Lutz, President of Self-Regulatory Organisation for the combating of money laundering of the Swiss Bar Association and Swiss Notary Association
· Giuseppe Marino, Professor Theory & Practice of International Tax Law at the University of Milan
A live webstream of the hearing will be available here.
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