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Public Beneficial Ownership: Can the European Court of Human Rights save financial transparency?

Jean-Philippe Foegle, Advocacy and Litigation Officer at Sherpa comments for Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on the European Court of Justice’s decision (November…

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Handbook of proposals to regulate multinationals

Looking back at the progress made over the last decade and drawing lessons for the future, Sherpa has updated its Handbook of proposals to…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Rifaat al Assad « Ill Gotten Gains » Case: The Paris court of appeal confirmed the condemnation decision rendered in first instance in 2020

Paris, 9 September 2021 – Today the Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment rendered by the Judicial Tribunal of Paris on June 17, 2020, sentencing Rifaat…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Teodorin Obiang definitively convicted in the “ill-gotten gains” case: a decision that puts the final dot on the chapter of confiscation and opens the restitution one.

Paris, July 29, 2021 – The Court of Cassation has just confirmed the conviction of the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea in the ill-gotten assets…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa Position Paper on the draft law “programming on solidarity development and the fight against global inequalities

Restitution of assets resulting from corruption to affected countries For the past 15 years, Sherpa points out the importance of adopting a law on…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa requests the opening of a judicial investigation with the status of civil claimant in the case of India’s Rafale deal

Paris, 28 April 2021 — Sherpa, represented by its lawyers Maîtres William Bourdon and Vincent Brenghart, is filing a complaint and requesting the opening of a…

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Corporate Impunity

[Opinion] Making economic actors accountable by governing globalisation through law

This op-ed has been published in Mediapart’s blog on May the 5th, 2020 The accountability of economic actors has been thought of at Sherpa…

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Illicit Financial Flows

[Opinion] The Balkany scandal lifts the veil on offshore mecanisms unknown to the public

The Balkany trial must not hide the role played by bank and financial intermediaries in the proliferation of illicit financial flows, antimoney laundering experts…

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Illicit Financial Flows

European Commission “Tax transparency package”: when transparency continues to rhyme with confidentiality

Wednesday, 18 March 2015 – Today, the European Commission published its new “Tax transparency package” in response to the Luxleaks scandal. If the proposed…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Procedures & Milestones : Ill-Gotten Gains – Equatorial Guinea

Facts: President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979, Teodorin Obiang Nguema governs an authoritarian regime where corruption remains a major obstacle to social development. Teodorin…

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Illicit Financial Flows

France proves to Europe: bank transparency is possible

1 July 2014 – In July 2013, thanks to civil society’s strong involvement and to the determination of some Members of the French Parliament,…

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