FIOD
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1945
- HeadquartersUtrecht, Netherlands
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
FIOD firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- FIOD
- Legal name
- FIOD Fiscale Inlichtingen en OpsporingsDienst
- Website
- https://fiod.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1945
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
FIOD industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Financial Crime Investigation
- NAICS
- Public Finance Activities (921130)
- SIC
- Finance Services (6199)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector) (BPAIAEAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigations (BPAHANAH), Government Accounting & Financial Reporting (BPAIAEAD)
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Where FIOD is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Utrecht
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
FIOD business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Government Funding: FIOD is a government agency funded by the Dutch Ministry of Finance and operates as part of the Belastingdienst (Tax Administration). As a law enforcement agency, it does not generate commercial revenue.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels5 records
FIOD product offering
Product offeringCore offering
FIOD is the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service, a government law enforcement agency that investigates financial and fiscal crime in the Netherlands. Operating under the Ministry of Finance as part of the Belastingdienst (Tax and Customs Administration), FIOD conducts criminal investigations into financial fraud, money laundering, cybercrime, corruption, excise duty fraud, insolvency fraud, terrorist financing, and subversive crime under the authority of the Public Prosecution Service.
Product overview
FIOD (Fiscale Inlichtingen en OpsporingsDienst) is the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service — an investigation service for financial and tax crime operating under the Ministry of Finance. FIOD offers a unified portfolio of specialized investigation services organized around thematic crime areas, supported by dedicated specialized units. The core investigation services include Fraud Investigation Services, Money Laundering Investigation, Cybercrime Investigation Services, Corruption Investigation Services, Excise Duty Fraud Investigation, Tax Fraud Investigation Services, Subversive Crime Investigation, Insolvency Fraud Investigation, Terrorist Financing Investigation, and Drug Precursors Investigation. These services are supplemented by specialized units including the Criminal Intelligence Team (TCI), Anti-Corruption Centre (ACC), Financial Advanced Cyber Team (FACT), Combiteam Smoke, and Anti-Terrorism Financing Team (ATFT). FIOD operates as a single integrated investigation service rather than a modular platform, combining financial expertise with investigative powers to combat financial and fiscal crime.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- TCI (Team Criminele Inlichtingen / Criminal Intelligence Team): The criminal intelligence team within the FIOD that gathers intelligence about serious financial-economic and tax crimes, with the ability to shield informant identities.
- Combiteam Smoke
Products and services
- Fraud Investigation Services Investigation services for financial fraud and tax fraud, including money laundering, undeclared funds, and deliberate misreporting of income tax or VAT. Provided under the authority of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service.
- Money Laundering Investigation Investigation services focused on tracing and mapping criminal money flows, identifying laundering schemes, and confiscating criminally obtained assets. Includes collaboration with FIU-Nederland and AMLC.
- Cybercrime Investigation Services Investigation services for financial cybercrime including hacking of computers, online fraud, and money laundering involving digital currencies such as bitcoin. Conducted by specialized cyber teams in coordination with international partners.
- Corruption Investigation Services Investigation services focused on domestic bribery and foreign corruption of public servants, conducted through the Anti-Corruption Centre to enable both national and international investigations.
- Excise Duty Fraud Investigation Investigation services combating illegal trade in tobacco products and other excise goods, conducted jointly with Customs and the National Police through Combiteam Smoke.
- Tax Fraud Investigation Services Investigation services for tax offenses including VAT fraud, undeclared savings, concealing income, and subsidy fraud. Leverages FIOD's unique access to tax data of the Netherlands Tax Authority.
- Subversive Crime Investigation Investigation services targeting criminal networks that undermine society, including fraud with real estate, government subsidies, and properties used for illegal activities.
- Insolvency Fraud Investigation Investigation services for fraudulent bankruptcy including asset withdrawal, creditor favoritism, and failure to fulfill administrative obligations.
- Terrorist Financing Investigation Investigation services conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Financing Team (ATFT) to trace money flows connected to terrorist activities and freeze bank accounts of listed individuals.
- Drug Precursors Investigation Investigation services for unusual transactions involving chemicals used for drug production, including precursors, pre-precursors, and essential substances like solvents and catalysts.
- Criminal Intelligence Team (TCI) Specialized unit that gathers intelligence about serious financial-economic and tax crimes using informants, with legal competence to shield informant identities and conduct confidential operations.
- Anti-Corruption Centre (ACC) Specialized center for identifying and investigating national and international corruption cases, focused on foreign corruption of public servants and domestic bribery.
- Financial Advanced Cyber Team (FACT) Specialized cyber investigation team that works with international partners including Europol, Interpol, DEA, and FBI to trace illegal money flows in digital crime.
- Combiteam Smoke Joint team of FIOD and Customs that investigates and analyzes money flows and logistics chains surrounding tobacco fraud, working with European partners including Europol and OLAF.
- Anti-Terrorism Financing Team (ATFT) Specialized team that investigates how money flows are connected with terrorist activities, with authority to freeze bank accounts and arrest suspected persons.
Quantifiable outcome
- €13 billion in criminal money estimated to be laundered annually in the Netherlands
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use FIOD
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
FIOD technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
FIOD partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
17 partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- ENFIN (European Network Financial Investigations)coreENFIN consists of 17 European countries and 23 organizations aiming to share knowledge and experiences in financial investigations. FIOD has been participating since its establishment in 2017.
- EuropolcoreEuropol is the European Agency supporting police organizations in preventing and combating serious organized crime. FIOD has liaison officers working at the Dutch Desk of Europol and participates in relevant Analysis Projects. Europol facilitates exchange of information between police services of member countries.
- EFIPPP (Europol Financial Intelligence Public Private Partnership)coreEuropol Financial Intelligence Public Private Partnership brings together Europol, investigative services, and regulated financial service providers such as banks. FIOD makes contributions within the Threats & Typologies working group to exchange knowledge on combating financial crime threats.
- EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats)coreEMPACT sets policy priorities within organized and international crime threatening the EU. FIOD participates in sub-priorities including Excise Fraud, MTIC/VAT Fraud, Criminal Finances, Money Laundering, and Asset Recovery under the Fraud policy priority.
- GlobE Network (Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities)coreUN-initiated network facilitating transnational cooperation in corruption investigations. FIOD's Anti-Corruption Centre (ACC) is associated with the GlobE Network to strengthen global response to cross-border corruption.
- IACCC (International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre)coreIACCC brings together specialist law enforcement officers from multiple agencies worldwide to tackle allegations of grand corruption. FIOD's Anti-Corruption Centre (ACC) is a member through the FIOD.
- InterpolcoreInterpol facilitates exchange of information between police services of 196 member countries. FIOD has a liaison officer connected to the National International Legal Assistance Centre for information exchange via Interpol. FIOD is involved in the pilot project silver notice for global tracing of criminally obtained assets.
- J5 (Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement)coreJ5 is an informal partnership fighting international tax crime and money laundering. Members include FIOD, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Canada Revenue Agency, American IRS-CI, and British HMRC-FIS.
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)coreOECD advises governments on policies supporting resilient growth. FIOD participates in various working groups including the Working Group on Bribery (WGB) and Task Force on Tax Crimes and Other Crimes (TFTC).
- FATF (Financial Action Task Force)coreFATF is the global watchdog for money laundering and terrorist financing, setting international standards. FIOD's Anti Money Laundering Centre (AMLC) is part of the Dutch delegation to the FATF.
- AMLC (Anti Money Laundering Centre)coreAMLC is a Dutch cooperation body where FIOD works with Belastingdienst, Nationale Politie, FIU-Nederland, and Openbaar Ministerie to combat money laundering.
- FIU-Nederland (Financial Intelligence Unit Netherlands)coreFIU-Nederland analyzes unusual financial transactions and shares information with FIOD and National Police. Institutions must report unusual transactions to FIU-Nederland.
- National Multidisciplinary Intervention Team (MIT)coreMIT brings together hundreds of experts from six organizations including FIOD, Belastingdienst, Douane, Koninklijke Marechaussee, Nationale Politie, and Openbaar Ministerie to disrupt criminal networks.
- FACT (Financial Advanced Cyber Team)coreFIOD's specialized cybercrime team that works with international partners including Europol, Interpol, DEA, and FBI to investigate financial cybercrime.
- Anti-Corruption Centre (ACC)coreFIOD's specialized unit working on combating corruption, identifying and investigating corruption faster through concentrated expertise to enable both national and international investigations.
- Combiteam SmokecoreCollaboration between Douane and FIOD focused on combating illegal tobacco trade. The team works with national and international partners to dismantle criminal organizations involved in production, trade, and distribution of illegal cigarettes.
- Team Criminele Inlichtingen (TCI) - Criminal Intelligence TeamcoreTCI is FIOD's team that gathers intelligence about serious financial-economic and tax crimes through informants. The team has legal competence to shield informant identities and conducts confidential operations.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
FIOD competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- AUSTRAC: Australia's financial intelligence and anti-money-laundering regulator; broader regulatory and intelligence remit than FIOD's investigative focus, but a partner in the J5 network.
- European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): EU body investigating fraud against the EU budget; FIOD works with OLAF on customs/VAT fraud (e.g., Combiteam Smoke). Broader remit, supranational scope.
Others
- Financial Intelligence Unit Netherlands (FIU-Nederland): Dutch FIU that analyzes unusual transactions and feeds intelligence to FIOD; partner organization rather than a competitor, but a key node in the same financial-crime ecosystem.
Regional players
- Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Germany's federal criminal police office; broader mandate than FIOD (all serious crime) but partners with FIOD on transnational financial crime cases.
- National Crime Agency (NCA): UK's lead agency against organized crime, including serious financial crime. Co-coordinates with FIOD on cross-border investigations.
- Direction Nationale des Enquêtes Fiscales (DNEF): France's tax fraud investigation service under the Ministry of the Economy; mandate on tax fraud and money laundering closely mirrors FIOD's.
Direct peers
- IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI): The US federal tax crime investigation arm with comparable scope (tax fraud, money laundering, narcotics). Co-membership in J5 and overlapping functional mandate makes IRS-CI the closest functional analogue.
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC): Australia's financial crime intelligence agency co-membership in J5; investigates money laundering, organized crime, and tax offenses.
- Canada Revenue Agency – Criminal Investigations: CRA's criminal investigation program targets tax evasion, fraud, and money laundering; another J5 co-member with FIOD.
- HMRC Fraud Investigation Service (FIS): The UK's law enforcement arm for tax and excise fraud under HMRC. Direct J5 co-member with FIOD; near-identical mandate on tax fraud, money laundering, and contraband.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
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FIOD leadership team
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Profiles1 record
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Frequently asked questions about FIOD
What does FIOD do?
FIOD is the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service, a government law enforcement agency that investigates financial and fiscal crime in the Netherlands. Operating under the Ministry of Finance as part of the Belastingdienst (Tax and Customs Administration), FIOD conducts criminal investigations into financial fraud, money laundering, cybercrime, corruption, excise duty fraud, insolvency fraud, terrorist financing, and subversive crime under the authority of the Public Prosecution Service.
Is FIOD a public or private company?
FIOD is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.
When was FIOD founded?
FIOD was founded in 1945. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is FIOD based?
FIOD is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does FIOD make money?
One revenue line is on record: government Funding.
Who are FIOD's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are AUSTRAC and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). Financial Intelligence Unit Netherlands (FIU-Nederland) is listed as an others. Regional players are Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), National Crime Agency (NCA) and Direction Nationale des Enquêtes Fiscales (DNEF). Direct peers are IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), Canada Revenue Agency – Criminal Investigations and HMRC Fraud Investigation Service (FIS).
Does FIOD have an API?
No public API is recorded for FIOD.
What industry is FIOD in?
FIOD's product category is Financial Crime Investigation. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAIAEAH, Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector), with a secondary code of BPAHANAH, Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigations. Its NAICS code is 921130 and its SIC code is 6199.