Terrorist financing comes at a price – and in the case of a global building supplies manufacturer that has pleaded guilty in a US court to making payments to terrorist organisations, that price is USD 778 million in fines and...more
11/7/2022
/ Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Auditors ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Due Diligence ,
Human Trafficking ,
ISIS ,
Money Laundering ,
Remediation ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Turkey ,
Whistleblowers
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office ("EPPO") is the European Union's ("EU") supranational prosecutorial body that launched its operations on 1 June 2021. The EPPO is charged with investigating and prosecuting economic...more
The year 2021 and early 2022 proved eventful for compliance and white-collar crime in France, especially for anti-bribery and compliance activity. Agencies are continuing to build on Sapin II by incrementally defining...more
7/20/2022
/ Africa ,
Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
CNIL ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Liability ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ,
Middle East ,
New Guidance ,
OECD ,
Romania ,
Russia ,
Spain ,
Sustainability ,
White Collar Crimes
In June 2021, the European Public Prosecutor's Office ("EPPO"), a body charged with investigating and prosecuting economic crimes against the financial interests of the European Union ("EU"), became the first supranational...more
On June 2, the French ministry of Justice released a new order addressed to French prosecutors on the criminal policy relating to international corruption and how such cases should be handled.
In this order, which...more
The COVID-19 crisis has triggered a resurgence of fraudulent international wire transfers. Companies and banks should therefore be extra vigilant when dealing with international wire transfer orders....more
3/31/2020
/ Banks ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Employee Training ,
France ,
Fraudulent Transfers ,
Fraudulent Wire Transfers ,
Multinationals ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management
The French Financial Markets Authority ("AMF") has just carried out a complete overhaul of its doctrine on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism ("AML/CFT") and published its new guidelines setting out...more
12/13/2019
/ AMF ,
AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Automation Systems ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Customers ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Markets Authority ,
France ,
New Guidance ,
Politically Exposed Person (PEPs) ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Tracfin
The French Anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") has published a draft "Guide on Gifts and Invitations Policies" ("Guide pratique sur les politiques cadeaux et invitations en entreprise") for corporations and non-profit...more
10/14/2019
/ 501(c)(3) ,
AFA ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Best Practices ,
Bribery ,
France ,
Gifts ,
Invitations Policies ,
Multinationals ,
New Guidance ,
Sapin II
France is aligning itself with the US model of corporate prosecution -
The new guidelines released by both the French Anticorruption Agency ("AFA") and the National Financial Prosecution Office ("PNF") on 27 June, 2019...more
7/23/2019
/ AFA ,
Aggravating Factors ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Blocking Statutes ,
CJIP ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
France ,
Internal Investigations ,
Mitigating Factors ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Sapin II
On 4 February 2019, the French anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") released its Guide on the anticorruption compliance function in companies. This is the first out of a series of six guides that the AFA will release soon....more