Author: Paul Bradshaw

Over the last decade the EU has spent over €118m on checking the figures on development cooperation projects. But most of that money has gone to just a handful of accountancy firms. In a special investigation including never-before-seen data, Hugo Barbieux looks at how the ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms have come to dominate the field — along with a fifth: Moore Stephens — and why this has raised fears about lobbying to shape tax legislation that benefits corporate interests. For the European Union, helping developing countries is a duty. The union has been financing development cooperation projects for decades, through…

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