Bacri III - “Prevention of organised crime: The registration of legal persons and their directors and the international exchange of information.

Jun 1, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006

Project description

A comparative legal study in the EU Member States on the possibilities for the improvement of the international exchange of information on legal persons with the purpose of (transnational) organized crime prevention”.
To formulate a set of common organizational and procedural measures for a better international exchange of information that would be acceptable to all EU Member States.

Topic

The results of the study can be used to support the prevention and repression of organized crime, the prevention and repression of the intrusion of organized crime into the society at large (public administration, legitimate industry) in order to maintain its integrity. The results of the study can be used to strengthen the integrity of administration and legitimate industry as well as the transparency of the economy.
The main purpose of the study is to formulate a set of common organizational and procedural measures for a better international exchange of information that would be acceptable to all EU Member States. This can strengthen the co-operation between Member States as well as Member States and the European Commission and Europol in this field

Objective

forms of incorporation
_ establishment of limited companies: co-operation with public authorities, preventive authorization
_ registration of limited companies, shareholders, bankruptcies
_ identification prior to the carrying out of essential legal acts concerning the limited company
- background investigations
- steps undertaken against ‘empty companies’ or companies in contravention of the law
- most widely used and abused legal persons
- use of information from official registers for the investigation of irregularities.