Brexit and the future of tax havens
15:30 - 15:40 : INTRODUCTION
Eva Joly, Greens/EFA MEP, Vice-President of the Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance (TAX3)
15:40 - 16:40 : PANEL I- Theimpact of Brexit on tax evasion & money laundering
This panel will address the UK’s role in financial secrecy services and the tools that the EU should mobilise to prevent the UK from evolving towards a tax haven on the EU’s doorstep.
Molly Scott Cato, Greens/EFA MEP
John Christensen, Director of the Tax Justice Network
Juliette Garside, Journalist at The Guardian
Oliver Pearce, OXFAM
Q&A session
16:45 - 17:45 : PANEL II- Successes & loopholes in the fight against tax havens
This panel will assess the tax reforms that have been adopted in recent years at EU level and make recommendations to address the remaining loopholes in order to combat tax havens.
Sven Giegold, Greens/EFA MEP
Simon Bowers, Author at ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists)
Carl Dolan, Transparency International
Q&A session
17:45 - 18:00 : CONCLUDING REMARKS
18:00 - 18:30 : OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ‘TAX HAVENS’
Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti will present their photographic exhibition on tax havens (Balcony Area, floor ASP 1G).
