29-01-2019 14:30
Money laundering cases involving Russian individuals and their effect on the EU
Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 1G3, Brussels
On 29th of January, from 14.30 to 17.30, the TAX3 committee will hold a public hearing on “Money laundering cases involving Russian individuals and their effect on the EU”. Two panels combining experts including among others Mr Bill Browder will shed light on the complex cases of money laundering recently discovered. These cases have affected banks and finance corporations across the EU and evidence shows linkages with organized crime, such as demonstrated in the murder of Mr Magnitsky.
- Draft programme (PDF - 369 KB)
- Webstreaming/Recordings
- Registration information (PDF - 454 KB)
- Press release - Bill Browder and other experts detail Russia’s money laundering and loopholes to close
- Transcription (verbatim) (PDF - 571 KB)
- Biographies of the speakers (PDF - 215 KB)
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Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
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Joshua Kirschenbaum, senior fellow at German Marshall Fund’s Alliance for Securing Democracy
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Richard Brooks, Journalist at Private Eye and at the Guardian
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Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management
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Günter Schirmer, Head of the secretariat of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, who is in charge of the Magnitsky Report.
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Background documents
- Joshua Kirschenbaum's article - "A better European Union architecture to fight money laundering (PDF - 387 KB)
- Joshua Kirschenbaum´s article - "Deripaska, EN+, and Rusal: A Split Decision with Implications for U.S. Sanctions" (PDF - 111 KB)
- Joshua Kirschenbaum's and David Murray's article: "An Effective Amercan Regime to Counter Illicit Finance" (PDF - 458 KB)
- Richard Brook's article: "Looting with Putin" (PDF - 2 MB)
- CoE doc 14661 - Report Committee Legal Affairs and Human Rights on Sergei Magnitsky and Beyond - fighting impunity by targeted sanctions (PDF - 331 KB)
- CoE doc 2252(2019) - Parliamentary Assembly's Resolution on Sergei Magnitsky and beyond - fighting impunity by targeted sanctions (PDF - 175 KB)