FIOD
Dutch government agency
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The FIOD is an agency of the government of the Netherlands responsible for investigating financial crimes. It is part of the Tax and Customs Administration, which itself falls under the responsibility of the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
| FIOD | |
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 Logo of the Dutch Government. | |
| Common name | FIOD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1945 [1] |
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| Employees | 1,750 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency (Operations jurisdiction) | Netherlands |
| Operations jurisdiction | Netherlands |
| Population | 17 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by Ministry | Ministry of Finance |
| Headquarters | Utrecht, Netherlands |
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| Parent agency | Tax and Customs Administration |
| Teams | 6-9
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| Website | |
| https://www.fiod.nl | |
History
Role
The FIOD's main roles are in investigation and governance. Investigations are mainly carried out into economic, fiscal and financial fraud. Governance is carried out in economic and financial areas.[1]
Any one of the five main Dutch ministries (Economics, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Health, Welfare and Sports) can order the FIOD to act on information of suspected fraud. They are also the investigation unit for several financial watchdogs.[citation needed]
Piracy
One of the investigative teams is the Team Opsporing Piraterij (Piracy Investigations Team) which specifically investigates breaches of the Copyright Act of 1912.[citation needed]
It has cooperated with BREIN to investigate p2p sites hosted in the Netherlands.[4][5]
