The European Parliament’s special tax committee has adopted a detailed plan towards “fairer and more effective” taxation, and tackling financial crimes.

The recommendations adopted by the Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance range from changing the system for dealing with financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance to setting up new bodies at the EU and global level.

The committee’s findings and recommendations include:

-There should be a commission to immediately work on a proposal for a European financial police force.

-An EU anti-money laundering watchdo...