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Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques has resigned following the destruction of aboriginal heritage sites by Rio Tinto, a company already pointed out in France for its alleged corruption practices

Paris, September 11, 2020 – On September 11, 2020, the boss of the mining giant Rio Tinto, French Jean-Sébastien Jacques, resigned amid scandal of…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Sherpa calls for an investigation into the involvement of a former high-ranking French official in a suspicious operation in Guinea

Paris, 31 July 2020 – Sherpa has asked the national financial prosecutor’s office to open an investigation into corruption, influence peddling and money laundering to…

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Illicit Financial Flows

“Ill-gotten gains”: Rifaat Al Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, convicted in France for laundering to the detriment of the Syrian people

The Paris court sentenced Rifaat Al-Assad, uncle of Syrian ruler Bashar Al-Assad, to 4 years in prison in particular for organised laundering of embezzlement…

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Illicit Financial Flows

A missed opportunity : France’s return of Gulnara Karimova’s illegally acquired assets

Paris, May the 20th, 2020 – The NGO’s Transparency International France (TI-F), Sherpa and the Human Rights Association in Central Asia (AHRCA) are highly…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Feedbacks on the Rifaat Al Assad trial, a landmark step against ill-gotten gains

20 décembre 2019 – Prosecution against Rifaat Al Assad started after a complaint filed by Sherpa in 2013 leading to a historic trial making…

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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

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

African money laundering: Sherpa files a complaint against a BNP Paribas subsidiary in Monaco

Paris, on 13 November 2013 On 12 November 2013, Sherpa filed a complaint against BNP Paribas Wealth Management in Monaco with the Public Prosecutor…

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