The recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) of 9 October 2018 in the case of Corallo vs. the Netherlands makes us wonder whether the human rights of the European Convention are taken seriously. In this case the suspect complaints that the......
On 3 September 2018, ING Bank (further: ING) accepted and paid a settlement of € 775 million offered by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for violation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act and for culpable money laundering (Article 420quater of the......
Dutch law distinguishes so called ‘ordinary’ criminal law and criminal offences described in other laws than the Dutch Criminal Code. In case an offense is specifically punishable under the General Code on Government taxes (GCGT) this provision might be a lex specialis and therefore prevail......
