Fred L. Abrams, Attorney At Law (LexBlog Italy)

Investigating assets by issuing a letter rogatory— A prosecutor investigating an alleged tax fraud originating in Italy, has issued a letter rogatory regarding Chiron Holding LLC of Delaware.  The letter rogatory demonstrates that the prosecutor and Italian Finance Police are analyzing if Chiron participated in a suspected scheme to illegally avoid €416,895,973 in capital gains taxes. ...

“During A War Everybody Loots A Little Bit” stated thatmore than 20% of Europe’s art was believed to have been looted by the Nazis. Just some of this art was eventually recovered at or near: Vicenza, Italy; Linz, Austria; the home of the Nazi Governor-General of Poland; the Seigen copper mine in Germany; and the...

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units are featured in the March 31st “Asset Search News Roundup”: As mentioned on March 10th by “Italy: Law to Protect Berlusconi in Court“, Prime Minister Berlusconi’s anticipated public corruption trials have been delayed.  “It Didn’t Work for The Beatles, Either” had...

By claiming that proceeds of a judicial bribery scheme had been laundered from Italy into nineteen U.S. bank accounts, prosecutors sought asset forfeiture as described at “Using Multiple Jurisdictions To Launder Money“.  That forfeiture case was mostly based on U.S. anti-money laundering laws which included 18 U.S.C. §1956 (Money Laundering) and 18 U.S.C. §1957 (Money...