Fiscal Information and Investigation Service
{{Short description|Dutch government agency}}
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| nativename = Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst
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| commonname = FIOD
| abbreviation = FIOD
| preceding1 = FIOD-ECD
| employees = 1,750
| country = Netherlands
| national = yes
| sizepopulation = 17 million
| legaljuris = opsjuris
| oversighttype = Ministry
| oversightbody = Ministry of Finance
| headquarters = Utrecht, Netherlands
| minister1name = Eelco Heinen
| minister1pfo = Minister of Finance
| chief1name = Niels Obbink
| chief1position = Director
| parentagency = Tax and Customs Administration
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| unittype = Team
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| programme1 = Rekeningenproject {{cite web|url=http://www.minfin.nl/nl/onderwerpen,belastingen/uitvoering/fiod_ecd/Rekeningenproject.html|title=Ministerie van Financiën|first=Ministerie van|last=Financiën|website=www.minfin.nl|date=2010-02-18}}
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The Fiscal Information and Investigation Service ({{langx|nl|Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst}}, 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.
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.
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.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
Piracy
One of the investigative teams is the Team Opsporing Piraterij (Piracy Investigations Team) which specifically investigates breaches of the Copyright Act of 1912.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
It has cooperated with BREIN to investigate p2p sites hosted in the Netherlands.{{Cite web|url=http://www.shareconnector.com/the-never-ending-story-of-brein-versus-the-common-file-sharing-people-part-2|title=archive.ph|website=archive.ph|accessdate=Oct 17, 2022|archive-date=September 11, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911075936/http://www.shareconnector.com/the-never-ending-story-of-brein-versus-the-common-file-sharing-people-part-2|url-status=bot: unknown}}{{cite web|url=http://www.minfin.nl/nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten,2004/12/fiod_ecd_haalt_internetsites_uit_de_lucht.html|title=Ministerie van Financiën|first=Ministerie van|last=Financiën|website=www.minfin.nl|date=2010-02-18}}
References
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{{Law enforcement in the Netherlands}}
{{National intelligence agencies}}
Category:Dutch intelligence agencies
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