Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
PANA draft programme of Hearings and Missions Updated 18 July 2017
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Pre-recorded messages from: Gerard Ryle (Director at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)) Bastian Obermayer (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Frederik Obermaier (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Tuesday, 27 September Panama papers – Discussion with 2016 the investigative journalists behind Speakers: 09.00 - 11.30 the revelations Kristof Clerix (Knack magazine, Belgium) Public hearing Oliver Zihlmann (Sonntagszeitung | Le Matin Dimanche, Switzerland) Julia Stein and Jan Strozyk (Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany) Minna Knus (MOT, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland)
Michael Lennard, Chief, International Tax Cooperation Section U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - United Nations (UN) (via videoconference) Anti-money laundering and tax Caroline Malcolm, Senior Counsellor and Advisor to the Director and Deputy Director at the OECD’s Thursday, 13 October 2016 Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (via videoconference) evasion: Who sets the rules and 9.00 - 12.30 Daniel Thelesklaf, President of the Committee on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Public hearing how? Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) Isabelle Vaillant, Director for Regulations, European Banking Authority (EBA) In addition, a representative of the European Commission was invited to take the floor
Tuesday, 8 November 2016 Theme: Anti-Money Laundering: Exchange of views with Věra Jourová, Member of the European Commission responsible 14.00 - 15.30 state of play of the implementation for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Committee meeting of EU legislation
First panel: experience from an EU perspective: Monday, 14 November 2016 Anti-money laundering and tax 15.00 - 18.30 evasion: Who assures compliance Public hearing Giovanni Kessler, Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) 1 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments
with the rules and enforces them? Simon Riondet, Europol Business manager – Head of the Financial intelligence Group (EUROPOL, including FIU.net)Representative of EUROJUST Klaus Meyer-Cabri, German Member of EUROJUST’s College
Second panel: experience from a national perspective
Philippe de Koster, President of the CTIF-CFI, Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Michel Claise, Belgian Prosecutor Norbert Naulin, Head of the special investigation unit “EOKS” (Investigation Group Organised Crime – Tax Fraud) of the North Rhine-Westphalia tax authorities who analyse leaked data Representative from the Danish tax authorities who bought the leaked Panama Papers
Patrick Montagner, Deputy Secretary General of the College of the French prudential supervisor (“Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution”) (via videoconference)
Wednesday, 16 November Exchange of views with Professor 2016 Joseph E. Stiglitz Exchange of views with the Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 11.00 - 12.30 Extraordinary meeting Wednesday, 7 December Fight against tax evasion and anti- Exchange of views with Pierre Moscovici, Member of the European Commission responsible for 2016 money laundering: state of play of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs in the context of "Fight against tax evasion: 15.00 - 18.30 progress made at EU level state of play of progress made at EU level", and with Ashish Kumar, Policy Analyst at the Financial Committee meeting Action Task Force (FATF).
First panel:
Professor Ronen Palan, Senior advisor - Tax Justice Network
The role of lawyers, accountants Professor Brooke Harrington, Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School. Author of “Capital Tuesday, 24 January 2017 and bankers in Panama Papers without Borders, Wealth Managers and the One Percent” 9.00 - 12.30 Public hearing (Part I) Daniel Hall, Director and co-head of Burford’s global corporate intelligence - Burford Capital
Second panel: Rupert Manhart, Chair of the Anti-money laundering Committee of The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), and Richard Frimston, Member of the CCBE and expert on topics 2 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments
relating to tax, beneficial ownership, and offshore activities aspects Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Roger Kaiser, Senior Policy Adviser of European Banking Federation (EBF) Professor Stef van Weeghel, Global Tax Policy Leader, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) Working document on the inquiry Thursday, 26 January 2017 into Money Laundering, Tax 11.00 - 12.00 Consideration of working document - Co-Rapporteurs: Jeppe Kofod (S&D) and Petr Jezek (ALDE) Committee meeting Avoidance and Tax Evasion
Workshop on "Offshore activities Thursday, 26 January 2017 and money laundering: recent 14.00 - 16.00 Professor Dr. Brigitte Unger Workshop findings and challenges”
Mark Pieth, former Member of the Panamian Inquiry Committee Interparliamentary week Panama Papers, Bahamas leaks: Tuesday, 31 January 2017 which follow-up did national Ed Groot, chair of the Dutch Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Tax structures 9.30 - 11.15 Parliaments give to the revelations? Ahmed Ahmed Laaouej, Chair of the Belgian Special Committee on the Panama Papers Joint hearing ECON/PANA with Which lessons can be learned? National Parliaments Kai Jan Krainer, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Finance of the Austrian National Council
First panel: the German experience
Benedikt Strunz (Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany), Investigative Journalist and member of the Panama-Papers team Aleksandra Helena Sobisz and Katrin Keikert, Former compliance officers, Berenberg Bank The role of lawyers, accountants Thursday, 9 February 2017 Michael Kemmer, General Manager and member of the Board of Directors of the Association of and bankers in Panama Papers 9.00 - 12.30 German Banks and Thorsten Höche, Head of the legal department Association of German Banks (Part II) Public hearing Ulrike Paul, Vice-President of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK or German Federal Bar) and Frank Johnigk, Head of the Department Money Laundering and Criminal Law of the BRAK
Second panel: The case of the NORDEA Bank
Søren Kristensen (Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)), Investigative Journalist at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
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Matthew Elderfield, Head of Group Compliance and Member of Nordea Executive Management and Johan Ekwall, Chief of Staff, Nordea Biörn Riese and Andreas Steen, Mannheimer Swartling (leading business law firm in the Nordic region)
Prem Sikka, Essex Business School, Academic Sol Picciotto, Lancester University, Academic Rita de la Feria, University of Leeds, Academic Murray Worthy, Anti-corruption organisation Global Witness, NGO Rachel Davies, Transparency International UK, NGO Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network, NGO Oliver Pearce, Oxfam, NGO Peter Dempsey, Intermediary (lawyer) Douglas Flint, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Paul Rankin, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Thursday, 9 February pm - Mission to United Kingdom Iain McKinnon, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Friday 10 February 2017 Paul Kelly, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Hank Cole, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Barbara Patow, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) David Rowe-Francis, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Will Morgan, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Ian Messer, Law Society of Scotland, Intermediary (lawyer) John Riches, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) Sandy Bhogal, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) Edward Craft, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) Amy Bell, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer)
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Robert Hodgkinson, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Frank Haskew, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Ian Young, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Simon Tosserams, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Edward Scicluna, Parliament of Malta, Minister (Finance) Joe V. Bannister, Malta Financial Service Authority, Public Authority Marianne Scicluna, Malta Financial Service Authority, Public Authority Anton Bartolo, Malta Financial Service Authority, Public Authority Lawrence Cutajar, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) Daphne Caruana Galizia, Journalist Ivan Camilleri, Times of Malta, Journalist Matthew Vella, Malta Today, Journalist Mission to Malta Monday, 20 February 2017 Alexander Balzan, One News, Journalist Pierre Mifsud, EMD Advisory, Intermediary (legal, tax, advisory and corporate services) Malcolm Booker, Deloitte Malta, Intermediary (accountant) Manfred Galdes, ARQ Risk and Compliance Ltd., Intermediary (corperate, tax, accounting etc. services) Paul Mifsud, Sparkasse Bank, Intermediary (bank) Konrad Mizzi, Parliament of Malta, Minister Beppe Fenech Adami, Parliament of Malta, National Deputy
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Pierre Gramegna, Parliament of Luxembourg, Minister (Finance) Félix Braz, Parliament of Luxembourg, Minister (Justice) Eugène Berger, Finance Committee in Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies, National Deputy
Fabien Grasser, Le Quotidien Luxembourg, Journalist
Anthony A Simcic, HSBC Luxembourg, Intermediary (banks) Thursday, 2 March pm - Mission to Luxembourg Friday 3 March am Claude Marx, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Public authority Claude Simon, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Public authority François Prum, Luxembourgish Bar, Intermediaries (lawyer) Wim Piot, PwC Luxembourg, Intermediaries (accounts) Elizabeth Jane McCormick, KPMG, Intermediaries (accountants)
First panel: The French Case
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 The role of lawyers, accountants Albert Allo, Deputy Director of the French Financial Intelligence Service TracFin (Traitement du Monday, 6 March 2017 and bankers in Panama Papers renseignement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins) 15.00 - 18.30 Public hearing (Part III) Olivier Boutellis-Taft, CEO of Accountancy Europe, and Paul Gisby, Manager for Taxation and Transparency Second panel: The Swiss Case
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
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Swiss Bar Association and Swiss Notary Association Giuseppe Marino, Professor Theory & Practice of International Tax Law at the University of Milan
Caroline Vicini, EU Delegation to the US Elise Bean, Levin Center at Wayne Law, Academic Gerard Ryle, ICIJ Gary Kalman, FACT Coalition Tom Cardamone, Global Financial Integrity, NGO Jane Gravelle, Government and Finance Division, Researcher Ron Wyden, Committee on Finance, Senator Richard Neal, Ways and Means Committee, Senator Tom Carper, Subcommittee on Investigations, Senator Orrin Hatch, Committee on Finance, Senator Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Delaware General Assembly, House Representative of the GA Valerie Longhurst, Delaware General Assembly, House Representative of the GA Daniel B. Short, Delaware General Assembly, House Representative of the GA Mission to USA David B. McBride, Delaware General Assembly, Senator 21 to 24 March 2017 Margaret Rose Henry, Delaware General Assembly, Senator F. Gary Simpson, Delaware General Assembly, Senator Charles M. Elson, John L Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, Academic Jeffrey W. Bullock, Delaware Department of State, National deputy (Secretary of State) Rick Geisenberger, Delaware Department of Finance, National deputy (Secretary of Treasury) Kristopher Knight, Delaware Department of State, National deputy (Deputy Secretary of State and Director of the Corporations Division) Matt Denn, Delaware Department of Justice, Law enforcement Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Widener University, Academic Paul L. Regan, Widener University, Academic
Alvin Mosioma, Tax Justice Network - Africa, Kenya Thursday, 6 April 2017 Impact of the schemes revealed by Nuhu Ribadu, Nigerian government (former anti-corruption official), Nigeria 9.00 - 12.00 (Strasbourg) the Panama Papers Public hearing Will Fitzgibbon, ICIJ Journalist, USA (pre-recorded video message)
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First panel: Money laundering and tax evasion: Impact on EU Member States’ Economy and Finances Study on "The impact of Schemes revealed by the Panama Papers on the Economy and Finances of a sample of Member States" (Presentation of the study of Policy Department “D” for Budgetary Presentation of studies (Part I) Affairs)
Thursday, 27 April 2017 Session 1: Money laundering and Second panel: Responsibilities of EU Member States vis-à-vis EU applicable law and/or EU 14.30 - 18.00 tax evasion: What’s the impact on legal loopholes? Committee meeting Member States and how effective Preliminary overview of the performance of the competent administrative and judicial authorities as regards investigating cases of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax fraud and money laundering are they in fighting it? (Presentation by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS))
Study on "Fighting tax crimes: Cooperation between financial intelligence units" (Presentation by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS))
First panel: Role of intermediaries and the rules applicable to them Study on "Role of advisors and intermediaries in the schemes revealed in the Panama Papers" Presentation of studies (Part II) (Presentation of the study of Policy Department "A" for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies) Session 2: Offshore practices: The Study on "Rules on independence and responsibility regarding auditing, tax advice, accountancy, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 roles and responsibilities of 15.00 - 18.30 account certification services and legal services" (Presentation of the study of Policy Department "A" intermediaries and the relations of Committee meeting for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies) EU Member States with their overseas countries and territories Second panel: Study on "Assessment of the legal, political and institutional framework on offshore practices related to tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the EU Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)" (Presentation of the study of European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS))
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Thursday, 4 May 2017 Hearing with Commissioner Hearing with Pierre Moscovici, Member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and 9.00 - 12.30 Moscovici Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Committee meeting
Rui Goncalves, Regional Secretary for Finance, Madeira James Tipping, Finance Director, Gibraltar Tuesday, 9 May 2017 Cooperation in tax matters with Frank Carreras, Government's Specialist Tax and Administration Adviser, Gibraltar 9.00 - 12.30 European jurisdictions Rob Gray, Director of International Tax Policy (Guernsey) Public hearing Richard Walker, Director of Financial Crime Policy (Guernsey) Colin Powell, Adviser on International Affairs to the Chief Minister (Jersey) George Pearmain, Lead Policy adviser: Financial Crime (Jersey)
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 Hearing with J.C. Juncker 15.00 - 16.30 J.C. Juncker, President of the European Commission Public hearing
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 Hearing with F. Rocha Andrade 16.45 - 17.30 Fernando Rocha Andrade, Secretary of State of Tax Affairs of the Portuguese Republic Public hearing
Vigjilenca Abazi, Assistant professor, Maastricht university (Theme: current whistleblower rules in MS) Joint PANA-JURI hearing Cathy James, Chief executive, Public concerns at work (Theme: whistleblowing in practical life) Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Frédérique Berrod, Professor, College of Europe (Theme: legal basis for a better protection at EU 9.00 - 11.00 ‘The EU-wide protection of level) Committee meeting whistleblowers’ Rosita Hickey, Head of Strategic Inquiries, EU Ombudsman (Theme: Outcome of the inquiry on the Rules on whistleblowing rules within the EU Institutions) Charlotte Grass, Head of Competition and Conformity, Group Vallourec (Theme: Whistleblowing from an industry point of view)
Hearing with FIUs concerned by the Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Panama Papers First panel: Cooperation between FIUs / financial supervisors - Presentations by speakers 15.00 - 17.30 Committee meeting Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) Sebastian Fiedler, Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter (BDK), via visioconference (from Berlin) Paolo Costanzo, Italian FIU, Banca d'Italia
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ins and outs and the Russian "Laundromat" case Second panel: The Russian “Laundromat” case, Presentations by speakers Paul Cristian Radu, Investigative Dashboard, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Viesturs Burkāns, Head of Latvian FIU (Office for Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds Derived from Criminal Activity), via visioconference
Duarte Pacheco, Parliament of Portugal, National Deputy Cecília Meireles, Parliament of Portugal, National Deputy Eurico Brilhante Dias, Parliament of Portugal, National Deputy Mário Centeno, Parliament of Portugal, National Deputy Helena Borges, Tax and Customs Authority, Public Authority Fernando Rocha Andrade, Government of Portugal, National Deputy Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, Former Minister of Finance Sérgio Vasques, Former Secretary of State of Tax Affairs Maria Luís Albuquerque, Parliament of Portugal, Current National Deputy and Former Minister of Finance Paulo Núncio, Former Secretary of State of Tax Affairs Thursday, 22 June 2017 Mission to Portugal Elisa Ferreira, Banco de Portugal, Intermediary (bank) Friday, 23 June 2017 Luís Máximo dos Santos, Banco de Portugal, Intermediary (bank) Mission to Portugal Luís Costa Ferreira, Banco de Portugal, Intermediary (bank) João Raposo, Banco de Portugal, Intermediary (bank) Micael Pereira, Expresso (ICIJ), Journalist João Pedro Martins, Público, Journalist Pedro Crisóstomo, Público, Journalist Amadeu Guerra, Ministry of Justice, Deputy Attorney General José Ranito, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor Tahamara Dias, Ministry of Justice, Prosecutor Mariana Raimundo, FIU Portugal, FIU João Paulo Batalha, Transparency International Portugal, NGO Susana Coroado, Transparency International Portugal, NGO Monday, 3 July 2017 Hearing with Commissioner Jourová Hearing with Věra Jourová, Member of the European Commission responsible 19.00 - 20.30 (Strasbourg) for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Committee meeting Harris Georgiades, Ministry of Finance, Minister Thursday, 6 July 2017 Mission to Cyprus George Panteli, Ministry of Finance, Director of Economic Research and EU Affairs Friday, 7 July 2017 Yiannis Tsangaris, Tax Commissioner Mission to Cyprus Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Minister 10 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments
Kypros Kyprianou, Ministry of Interior, Deputy Director General Demetra Kalogerou, Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, Public supervisory authority Eva Rossidou-Papakyriacou, Cyprus Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS), FIU Marios Skandalis, Association of Cyprus Banks (ACB), Intermediary (bank) Andreas Michaelides, Cyprus Bar Association, Intermediary (lawyers) Monday, 10 July 2017 Consideration of draft report + draft 16.30 - 18.30 recommendation Committee meeting Wolfgang Schäuble, Ministry of Finance, Minister, Germany Tuesday, 11 July 2017 Exchange of views with EU Finance Pier Carlo Padoan, Ministry of Finance, Minister, Italy 14.00 - 16.00 Ministers Paschal Donohoe, Ministry of Finance, Minister, Ireland ECON Committee meeting Jeroen Van Dijsselbloem, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands Tuesday, 5 September 2017 12.00 Deadline for amendments - Andreas Frank, former banker and money laundering expert Thursday, 14 September - Andreas Missbach, Public Eye, board member Friday, 15 September 2017 - Olivier Longchamp, Public Eye, responsible for taxation and international financial relations Mission to Switzerland - Rudolf Elmer, whistleblower Consideration of amendments Tuesday, 26 September 2017 + Hearing on “Tax planning: do 9.00 - 12.30 celebrities and companies breach Committee meeting the EU law?”
Thursday, 12 October 2017 9.00 - 12.30 Committee meeting
Wednesday, 18 October Vote on draft report and draft 15.00 - 18.30 recommendation Committee meeting
Mini plenary-Session of Debate and vote in plenary November 2017 (fall-back December 2017)
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