Cum-Ex Criminal Proceedings

Criminal Tax Law: Investigations regarding Cum-Ex Transactions
Since October 2014, several public prosecutor’s offices have been investigating Cum-Ex transactions, which have already led to several seach warrants.

preventing corruption tirana

Preventing Corruption in Public Service Media

In November 2014 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) hosts a symposium in Tirana, Albania with the heading “Public Service Media and building trust with people”. The congress is supported by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations (UN). The convention is concerned with expert knowledge of representatives of several European countries with the administration of public service media.

Dr. Tobias Rudolph is external counsel of trust of the ARD.ZDF Medienakademie. In Tirana he gives a lecture on the subject “Irregularities in the Administration of Public Service Media – Preventing Corruption by Means of Counsels of Trust (“Ombudsmen”).

The manuscript of the speech can be found here in English or German.

Further information on Dr. Tobias Rudolph’s appointment as a ombudsman can be found here (also in German: Vertrauensanwalt zur Korruptionsprävention – Ombudsmann im Strafrecht)

In recent years, there have been numerous criminal proceedings against foreign IT specialists suspected of tax evasion.