Danske Bank A/S – major shareholder announcement from BlackRock, Inc.
Company Announcement No. 11/2019
In accordance with section 30 of the Danish Capital Markets Act, we disclose that on 8 May 2019, BlackRock, Inc. has notified Danske Bank that at 6 May 2019, BlackRock, Inc. holds, indirectly via shares and other financial instruments with similar economic effect, under 5% of the shares and the voting rights of Danske Bank A/S.
Yours faithfully
Danske Bank
OPERATION GREED (Pending cause)
- 17 accused persons
- 3 accused companies
- 19 defenders
- 2 reserve defenders
- 60,000 pages appendix ·
- 120 scheduled hearings
- Alleged fraud for 290 million. kr.
- Laundering claim for DKK 530 million kr.
- It is the largest current tax fraud in Europe: Organized gangs rob the European Union Member States every year by an estimated 50 billion euros, according to estimates by the European Commission. Sales tax carrousel cause in Germany an annual damage of estimated 5 billion to 14 billion euros.
- Lack of cooperation and the inability of states to agree on tax issues cost the public billions. Germany is particularly slow in the fight against tax fraud.
- Currently European authorities see a great danger of carousel fraud over green electricity certificates.
- Based on the career path of a mastermind of tax carousels in Germany , CORRECTIV describes the structures of this form of organized crime and the difficulties in combating it.
Finance collaborates in #Grandthefteurope with 35 European media from all countries in the EU, coordinated by the German non-profit research organization Correctiv. Together, the network of investigative journalists digs cleverly organized VAT carousels, which are the largest ongoing tax fraud complex in the EU. Read more here: www.grand-theft-europe.com.