CORPORATE CRIME OBSERVATORY
VIRTEU
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SERIES
Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption
On the 29th of January 2021, it was held the first session of the VIRTEU Roundtable Discussion Series, which focused on "Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption." The Roundtable Session discussed several topics including (i) the mutual relationships between tax crimes and corruption: theoretical and practical perspectives; (ii) the differences, similarities, links, and overlaps between the legal and policy anti-corruption framework and the legal and policy framework against tax crimes; and, (iii) future perspectives and recommendations.
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The event was organized by VIRTEU Special Adviser Prof. Diane Ring, who is Interim Dean and Professor of Law, Boston College Law School at Boston College Law School, and the project Principal Investigator, Dr. Costantino Grasso, who is Associate Professor of Law at Manchester Law School.
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The video recording of the event is available below.
Suggested Citation
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APA: [Speaker's surname, initial(s)] (2021, January 29). VIRTEU Roundtable "Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption". Video recording at [00:00]. Retrieved from https://www.corporatecrime.co.uk/virteu-roundtable-taxcrimes.
HARVARD: [Speaker's surname, initial(s)] (2021) VIRTEU Roundtable "Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption"[Online]. Video recording at [00:00]. Available at: https://www.corporatecrime.co.uk/virteu-roundtable-taxcrimes.
OSCOLA: [Speaker's name and surname] ‘VIRTEU Roundtable "Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption"’. (Corporate Crime Observatory, 29 January 2021), Video recording at [00:00], <https://www.corporatecrime.co.uk/virteu-roundtable-taxcrimes>.
The session, which was chaired by Prof. Diane Ring, enjoyed the participation of Prof. Rita de la Feria, who is Professor of Tax Law at the University of Leeds and International Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation; Prof. Pasquale Pistone who is Associate Professor of Tax Law at the University of Salerno and Academic Chairman of International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD); and, Dr. Branislav Hock, who is Senior lecturer in Economic Crime at the University of Portsmouth and VIRTEU Leading National Expert for the United Kingdom.
Interactive Table of Contents
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Opening Remarks (Dr. Costantino Grasso)
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Panel Introduction (Prof. Diane Ring)
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Topic 1: Interconnetions between tax crime and corruption
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Topic 2: Systemic forms of corruption
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Topic 3: Professionals as enablers of economic crime
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Topic 4: Recommendations for policy-makers
For a written summary of the discussion that took place during the VIRTEU Roundtable Discussion Series, which focused on "Exploring the interconnections between tax crimes and corruption" please see the relating article published on The Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics Blog.