Netherlands

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into suspected narcotics-trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 25, 2004. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Johannes Christiaan Matthijssen, a.k.a. Johannes Cornelis Matthijssen; Didier Hoet, Johan Swinnen, and Geert van Dorst.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 29, 2004. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Balakrishnan Menon, and James Martino.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Joao Estavano Mendes Neves, Teresa Maria Dos Santos, Plantage Mendes NV and Trees & Flowers NV, t.a. Cactus Entertainment, for suspected tax fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Balakrishnan Menon or alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Johannes Christiaan Matthijssen, Didier Hoet, Johan Swinnen and others for alleged narcotics trafficking.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Italy by Enrico Bondi, as the Foreign Representative of Parmalat SpA, Parmalat Finanziaria SpA, Parmalat Netherlands BV, Parmalat Finance Corp. BV, Parmalat Capital Netherlands BV, Dairies Holding International BV, Parma Food Corp. BV, Parmalat Soparfi SA, Olex SA, Parmengineering Srl, Panna Elena Srl, Centro Latte Centallo Srl, Eliair Srl, Newco Srl, Geslat Srl, Contal Srl, Nuova Holding SpA, Hit SpA, Hit International SpA, Parmatour SpA, Coloniale SpA, Lactis SpA, and Eurolat SpA, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Sabine Christa Scharer, Jose Enrique Scharer Angura, Aycardo Pineda, Ivan Dario Lopez Laverde, Patrick Petermann and Umberto Frattini for alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Three offshore firms have filed a civil complaint against accounting firm BDO Seidman in an attempt to recover $170 million of losses from a collapsed factoring scheme.The complaint, whose sole cause of action is professional negligence, was filed at the

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Juan Jose Garcia Seijas, Carlos Federico Braga, Manuel Fernando Martin Catalan, Norman Duncan Moir, Maria Almudena Alfonso Alfonso, Juan Manuel Oliveros, Dominga Soto de Reffett, Yanira Leonor Batista Peguero, Paloma Yolanda Martin Lopez, Luis Miguel Triguro Gomez, Jose Lucia Diaz de Rondon, David Hernandez Diaz, Jose Miguel Antonio Tavera Tavera, Javier de la Torre Pino, Jose Maria Hoyas Barquillas, Daniel Israel Sanchez Cabrera, Diego Mario Castellon Lopez and Jorge Marcelino Lago for alleged tax fraud.

Complaint in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Company, Ltd., Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Limited, and Eurofed Bank Limited in the names of Pavlo Lazarenko, Pavel Lazarenko, Samante Limited, and Alexander Milchenko at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 19, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Jonathan Abernathy, Jeffrey Scott Grueninger, Cornelis Hendrik De Jongh, Petrus Leonardus Franciscus Tervoort, Robert Christiaan Schutte, Krishnedath Mangal, Imperial Heating & Cooling, CI Premium Ltda., and Maneco Import BV.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Calisto Tanzi, Fausto Tonna, Luciano Del Soldato, Maurizio Bianchi, Lorenzo Penca, Claudio Pessina, Gianfranco Bocchi, Gian Paolo Zini, Giovanni Bonici, Stefano Tanzi, Franco Gorreri, Domenico Barilli, Giovanni Tanzi, Paola Visconti, Francesco Giufreddi, Luciano Silingardi, Fabio Branchi, Angelo Ugolotti, Donatella Alinovi, Claudio Baratta and Alberto Maurizio Ferraris for alleged bankruptcy fraud and related crimes regarding Parmalat SpA.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged customs violations and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 1, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Joanna Atsma-Stulp, Patrick Coughlin, 4458, Inc., and Bank of Montreal.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 21, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Agustin Suriyani Lammers, Yassine Abdellaoui, Jeffrey Prommayon, a.k.a. Geoffrey Prommayon; Abderrazaq Faqir, Adil Ramzi, and Abderrazaq Faqir.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Frans Petrus Johannes Van Laarhoven for extortion and attempted murder - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 20, 2003.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics-trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 23, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Michel Pen, Carpe Diem SA, Ramos Moreno, Ellison Investments Spain SA, Ellison World Wide Limited, Julissa Maricela Garcia, JM Carvajal, and Terra Realty, LLC.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Jonathan Abernathy, Jeffrey Scott Grueninger, Petrus Leonardus Franciscus Tervoort, Cornelis Hendrik De Jongh, Robert Christiaan Schutte and Krishnedath Mangal for suspected narcotics trafficking.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into alleged narcotics trafficking by Alexandy Burgos Espino and Ruth Belliard Gonzalez.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands for Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters in the Matter of Agustin Suriyani Lammers and others for alleged narcotics trafficking, forgery and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Yassine Abdellaoui, Agustin Suriyani Lammers, Abderrazaq Faqir, Jeffrey Prommayon, Adil Ramzi and others for alleged narcotics trafficking.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the Cayman Islands by Gordon MacRae and James Cleaver, as the Foreign Representatives of Parmalat Capital Finance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Antoine Mekri and OXET Corporation Ltd. for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Latvia into Vladislav Ringe for alleged fraud.

The Netherlands has requested evidence from Wells Fargo Bank as part of a criminal investigation into an on line 'bank' which falsely claims to have offices in the Cayman Islands and the Netherlands.Details are contained in an application for the

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into KLM Aviation School BV for its role in an aircraft accident on June 8, 2000 in the municipality of Smilde, The Netherlands in which three people were killed and two injured.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Marek Andrzei Hrycak for alleged investment fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Frans Petrus Johannes Van Laarhoven for alleged attempted murder and extortion by way of product contamination.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Jean-Pierre Ablard for alleged distribution of child pornography.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Joanna Atsma-Stulp for allegedly laundering the proceeds of smuggling by Patrick Coughlin.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into HR Hilber into alleged bribery and tax fraud.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 19, 2002. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Lothar Helmar Wilfried Trinks, Christina Kaiser, Detlef Spiess, a.k.a. Detlef Brettschneider; Rudolf Steiger, Menno Fischell, a.k.a. Wolfgang Fluck, Wolfgang Schlesinger, Wolfgang Burg, Wolfgang Fischell, Hans-Jurgen Nero, Wolfgang Zuburg, Rudi Dillmann, Sabine Doerre, Peter Bucher, Raoul Rossbach, a.k.a. Mike Foster, Louis Mayer, Dr. E. Mankwald, Philippe Le Boustier, Marco Barbieri, Iva Kampke, Jan Zwarts, Rudolf Steiger, Enrico Raimundi, Marina Zivkovic, a.k.a. "Maja"; Thierry Hurthin, Renate Josephs, Nezir Lekaj, a.k.a. Alberto; Jesenko Kresic, Joseph Reis, Corner Bank, Western Sierra National Bank, ABN AMRO, LZB Munchen, Liechtensteinische Landesbank, Migros Bank, US Overseas Bank & Trust Alliance Inc., US Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Bank of America, Banque IPPA & Associates, Hanover Investment and Management Corporation, Hanover Trust International Inc., Hanover Manufactures, Vermogensverwaltung Lothar Trinks, New York Investment Banking Corp., Hamilton International Capital Management Inc., MAAF Assurances France SA, AXA Assurances Luxembourg, MAAF Assurances France SA, and Internet Conten Service AG.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Turkey into Edward Joseph Stackpole, Itir Stackpole, Cornelis Steijart, Erol Gulercan, Irfan Durus, Henricus Ender, Nazan Gurkan, Huseyin Gomec, Selcuk Dogan, Mevlut Mermer, Mahir Can Tokar, Ahmet Peker, Abdullah Onsal, Pervin Guney and Ahmet Hamdi Ucer for alleged smuggling.

A Florida court has awarded $2.97 million against three parties who were part of a scheme to defraud a now defunct financial adviser which was itself perpetrating a 'get rich quick' scam.The judgment was entered on April 2, 2003, the

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Mid-Western Group for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko, Mykola Ivanovych Agafonov, Petro Mykolayovych Kyrychenko and Igor Oleksandrovych Polozhentsev for alleged embezzlement.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in India into alleged bank fraud by M. Gopalakrishnan, an Executive director of Indian Bank, in Chennai, India; VR Chidambaram, R. Kumaraswamy, G. Balakrishnan and V. Rajkumar.

The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets has issued a public warning against several offshore firms involved in a "fine wine" trading scam. On January 23, 2003, the AFM advised investors "not to take up offers of securities" by Ocean International Marketing B.V., of Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Seed International Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Cupidus.com Ltd. and Cupidus.com (Turks & Caicos) Ltd.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Hyperion NV, Lin Michael Arthur Leadbetter and William H. Kuhl for suspected tax evasion.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected investment fraud by William Booth Cook and Donald Nutter.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Antonius Johannes Maria Van der Stappen for alleged bank fraud.

Recently-filed warnings from securities regulators around the world.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Hans-Jurgen Henning and others for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a money laundering investigation in the United Kingdom into Kentaro Matsumoto and Illy Chakrabarty.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Robert Bockweg and Alida Nuyens for allegedly defrauding Bank Max Fischer of more than $2 million with the assistance of Bank Max Fischer manager Andre Zucker.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Dariusz Wiera or alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Giovannie M. M. de Jesus Van Ierland and others for alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Gursal Aslan for allegedly laundering the proceeds of fraud by Robert and Lynne Schillaci.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Portuguese national Paulo Jorge Laranjeira Januario for the alleged attempted robbery of Florida resident Woodard Richard Adams in Amsterdam.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Aruba - for a criminal investigation into Pursi Tjew San Jie-A-Swie, Farley Hon Ping Jie-A-Swie, Gerrit de Rouw, Hon Wo Choy, Kong Hing Supermarket NV, Kong Hing Supercenter NV and Kong Hing Freezone NV for suspected money laundering.

In the Matter of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Bermuda) Act 1994 and in the Matter of Ronald Van Keulan at Bermuda Supreme Court.