Countries should increase efforts to better deter, detect and disrupt the activities of professionals who enable tax evasion and other financial crimes, according to a new OECD report.

The report - Ending the Shell Game: Cracking down on the Professionals who enable Tax and White Collar Crimes - explores the different strategies and actions that countries can take against those professional service providers who play a crucial part in the planning and pursuit of criminal activity, referred to in the report as “professional enablers.”

White collar crimes like tax evasion, bribery and corruption...