ODCE could have greater role in investigating white-collar crime Joint committee recommends letting forensic accountants sit in on Garda interviews about 9 hours ago
Forensic accountants and other experts could sit in on Garda interviews during white-collar crime investigations, if recommendations from an Oireachtas committee become law. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment is recommending that the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018 be changed to allow forensic accountants and other experts to sit in on Garda interviews during white-collar crime investigations. Legislation “The committee believes this should be included in the current legislation as the precedent exists for other bodies,” its report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the new law states.