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The case shows how hard the Dutch system makes it to see who owns what, said Vincent Kiezebrink, a researcher at SOMO, the Amsterdam-based Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations.
The 25%-ownership rule, combined with a European court ruling that closed the Dutch ownership register to the public in 2022, means “you can’t track beneficial ownership for this Albanian project”, he told DutchNews.
The Netherlands often attracts foreign investors with no other tie to the country through its treaties, Kiezebrink said. A 2004 tax treaty can lower the Albanian tax on the investment’s returns, while a 1994 investment treaty lets Dutch-based investors take any dispute with Albania to closed-door international arbitration rather than its courts.
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have ranked the Netherlands the world’s biggest conduit for corporate money flowing to tax havens, and the Netherlands considered banning trust offices altogether, before deciding against it in 2022."
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/06/dutch-secrecy-rules-hide-backers-of-trump-linked-albanian-resort/
Dutch secrecy rules hide backers of Trump-linked Albanian resort - DutchNews.nl
A luxury resort project in Albania that has triggered nationwide corruption protests was owned through the Netherlands for nearly two years – protected by Dutch financial structures that kept its backers unnamed and gave its investors a route around Albanian courts. The project, linked to Jared Kushner, US president Donald Trump’s son-in-law, would turn a stretch of protected lagoon near the southern city of Vlora into an exclusive resort. The lagoon is a refuge for flamingos and other rare wildlife,...
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