The remarkable story of how a network of bankers, stock traders, and lawyers swindled Europe’s taxpayers out of €55 billion in a scam involving dividend taxes, as exposed by a joint investigation by 19 European media from twelve countries, coordinated by the German non-profit newsroom CORRECTIV

Estimated losses for the five hardest-hit countries are €32 billion for Germany, €17 billion for France, €4.5 billion for Italy, €1.7 billion for Denmark, and €200 million for Belgium.

This session will be presented by German investigative reporters Oliver Schröm and Christian Salewski, who initiated, coordinated and directed an investigation known as 'The CumEx Files'.