A Dutchman arrested with his Thai wife last year in Pattaya after a raid that saw the seizure of more than 100 million baht in assets has been sentenced to 103 years in prison for money laundering. Johan van Laarhoven, 55, will spend 20 years behind bars serving 43 concurrent sentences, Dutch media reported Tuesday. […]

President Petro Poroshenko and his lawyers repeatedly said previously that none of the offshore companies Poroshenko set up in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cyprus and the Netherlands have bank accounts or conduct any financial activities. Those statements appear to be false.

Earlier this week, the Dutch Finance Minister, Mr Dijsselbloem, announced that the government would make the upcoming register of beneficial ownership, the so-called UBO-register, open to the public. This is in line with what the majority of parliament voted for in March 2014, and means the Netherlands will join a growing list of countries that have […]