As part of the program "Tax Inspectors Without Borders - Criminal Investigation", an interagency seminar was held to improve the legal framework for combating tax crimes and increase the efficiency of investigating such crimes.

The event was organized jointly with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Netherlands Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) with the assistance of the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) and the National University of Trade and Economics.

During the seminar, participants analyzed the current legislation using the Tax Crimes Investigation Maturity Model introduced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

As a result of the work, draft recommendations were prepared to amend Ukrainian legislation on the investigation of tax crimes.

In the future, they will be included in the action plan of the second phase of the TIWB-CI program, under which Ukraine will receive expert support from FIOD in implementing the above recommendations.

According to Andrii Pashchuk, the Acting Director of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, the approximation of Ukrainian legislation to OECD and European standards will increase the effectiveness of combating economic crime and the investment attractiveness of Ukraine.

Experts from the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the Asset Recovery and Management Agency, the State Tax Service of Ukraine, the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, and the National Police of Ukraine joined the workshop and drafted the recommendations.