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
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 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