Our Customs Investigations & Litigation Team has been instructed as expert witnesses on behalf of the Defence in a number of high profile VAT prosecutions, especially MTIC (Missing Trader Intra Community ) frauds where their expertise in relation to Customs’ regulations and procedures, as well as disclosure issues, has been invaluable.
Our consultants are former Customs fraud investigators with a wealth of experience in frauds involving VAT, excise duty and customs duty, and involvement in a case usually includes advising on Customs regulations and procedures, and carrying out a critical review of the evidence and disclosed material.
Cases in which we have been instructed include :
- Operations Venison and Vitric, two MTIC fraud cases, where we were instructed by defence lawyers to advise on disclosure issues
- R –v- Hashash; R –v- Clodd-Broom, Tutty & Ors; R –v- Walker – MTIC frauds involving both VAT and money laundering offences
- R –v- M M Patel; R –v- Pring & Ors; R –v- Michael Oliver & Ors – excise diversion frauds involving London City Bond in which we were instrumental in unearthing un-registered participating informants at LCB, which lead ultimately to the Butterfield report
Our Team is recognised as leaders in this specialised field of fraud work, and will be happy to discuss how we can assist the Defence in any Customs’ fraud prosecution.
Please contact
Allan Brown
Martin O’Neill