“Fortis helped suspected tax evasion” – NU.nl

This is evident from the Panama Papers, a major journalistic investigation that the leaked records of the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca used to revelations about tax avoidance through tax havens.

In Belgium Time , Knack , MO * and Le Soir in the investigation.

the former Fortis Intertrust run up to the collapse of the bank at the end of 2008, the offshore system. Intertrust admits that it has managed during the Fortis years, thousands of offshore structures for Fortis Bank customers.

“After our separation from Fortis in 2009, we have realized 98 percent of Fortis customers for which we had to manage offshore structures shown the door. It no longer consistent with the high standards that we wanted to pursue. “

Fortis took over the Dutch parts of ABN AMRO in 2007. In October 2008 the Dutch operations were nationalized, while the Belgian banking activities were sold to BNP Paribas

By:. ANP