Netherlands: White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

Recent discussions suggest that policy changes implemented during President Trump's administration...

Today, a group of 20 Palestinians filed a criminal complaint with the Dutch Office of the Public Prosecutor (Openbaar Ministerie) for impeding and influencing the ICC investigation into the ‘Situation in the State of Palestine' and the harassment, intimidation, pressuring and defamation of ICC staff, including the ICC prosecutor, in the course of this investigation.

The Dutch Public Prosecution Office ("DPPO") has introduced a new policy (aanwijzing), effective 1 January 2025, outlining conditions and fine reductions for self-disclosure, cooperation and

为配合打击电信网络诈骗及洗钱等违法犯罪行为，在中国开立银行账户的企业将受到更严格的审查。

Vorige maand deed de Kamer voor het Notariaat (Arnhem-Leeuwarden) uitspraak in een tuchtklacht gedaan door het Bureau Financieel Toezicht (BFT) tegen een notaris1.

The recent widely reported $35 million payroll fraud at US cloud-based payroll services provider MyPayrollHR has raised serious concerns among businesses worldwide.

In Together against Corruption, Transparency International announces that it will step up its anti-corruption efforts in the next five years.

Enforcement actions by criminal and supervisory authorities are settled regularly. In light of these developments, companies are advised to take appropriate measures.

On a positive note, the Netherlands has risen from the ‘little or no enforcement' category last year to the ‘limited enforcement' category in 2015.