The director of the Financial Supervisory Bureau , Folkert Winkel, says notaries are operating in 30 criminal networks in the Netherlands. He believes only five of these networks at most are known to the authorities. Mr Folkert's organisation monitors whether notaries, lawyers and accountants keep to the government's rules aimed at combatting money laundering.
He says the criminal networks deal in the quick purchase and sale of houses, with the result that the values of the properties are artificially raised. Mortgage brokers are also misled by false valuations. He suspects that notaries work as advisers to the criminal organisations and are complicit in fraud and money laundering.
As the law now stands, the Financial Supervisory Bureau is not allowed to hand over its information on the networks to the prosecution authorities. Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin is working on proposals to widen the bureau's remit.
Source: Radio Netherlands
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