EUROPOL – ORGANISED CRIME
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLFINANCIAL professionals such as accountants are becoming increasingly important to European organised crime groups, European Union (EU) police agency Europol has warned.Calling for a "risk analysis of this phenomenon at an EU level...to identify appropriate countermeasures", Europol's latest annual report on organised crime suggests that corrupt professionals are freelancing for criminals as a career choice. It noted: "They provide their services either within their own organised crime group or as an external service to other organised crime ...
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