The Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (Dutch: Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst, FIOD) is an agency of the government of the Netherlands responsible for investigating financial crimes. It is part of the Tax and Customs Administration, which itself falls under the responsibility of the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
| Fiscal Information and Investigation Service Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the FIOD | |
| Common name | FIOD |
| Abbreviation | FIOD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1945 [1] |
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| Employees | 1250 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency (Operations jurisdiction) | Netherlands |
| Operations jurisdiction | Netherlands |
| Population | 17 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by Ministry | Ministry of Finance (Netherlands) |
| Headquarters | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Parent agency | Tax and Customs Administration |
| Teams | 6-9
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| Notables | |
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History
editThe FIOD-ECD was formed when the FIOD and the ECD (Dutch: Economische Controledienst) were merged in 1999. In 2010, the name was changed to FIOD.[1]
Role
editThe FIOD's main roles are in investigation and governance. Investigations are mainly carried out into economic, fiscal and financial fraud. Governance is carried out in economic and financial areas.[1]
Any one of the five main Dutch ministries (Economics, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Health, Welfare and Sports) can order the FIOD to act on information of suspected fraud. They are also the investigational unit for several financial watchdogs.[citation needed]
Piracy
editOne of the investigative teams is the Team Opsporing Piraterij (Piracy Investigations Team) which specifically investigates breaches of the Copyright Act of 1912.[citation needed]
It has cooperated with BREIN to investigate p2p sites hosted in the Netherlands.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Financiën, Ministerie van (2007-06-07). "Ministerie van Financiën". www.minfin.nl. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13.
- ^ Financiën, Ministerie van (2010-02-18). "Ministerie van Financiën". www.minfin.nl.
- ^ "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved Oct 17, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Financiën, Ministerie van (2010-02-18). "Ministerie van Financiën". www.minfin.nl.
