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Rifaat Al Assad sentenced in France for his Ill-Gotten Gains allegedly fled to Syria

12 October 2021• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Front page

Paris, October 11, 2021 – The Syrian regime’s former dignitary recently sentenced in France to 4 years in prison for laundering...

Sherpa would support a European Parliament’s request to stem the corruption suffered by the Lebanese people and take sanctions against corrupted lebanese officials

14 September 2021• -Press release-en, Advocacy

Paris, September 14, 2021 – This Tuesday, the MEPs will assess with the High Representative Borrell (1) the political and...

CSOs and labour unions call for the EU to confront systemic flaws of private social auditing and glaring accountability gaps.

13 September 2021• -Non classé-en, -Press release-en, Front page, Strengthening corporate accountability

In an open letter, 15 human rights organisations and labour unions, including Sherpa, are jointly urging EU policymakers, including Didier...

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

9 September 2021• -Press release-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Corruption and embezzlement, Front page, Laundering, Laundering, Strategic litigation, Tax evasion, Tax evasion

Paris, 9 September 2021 – Today the Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment rendered by the Judicial Tribunal of Paris on June...

Historic victory before French Supreme Court on the indictment of multinational Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity

7 September 2021• -Press release-en, Front page, International crimes, Strategic litigation, Strengthening corporate accountability

Paris/Berlin, 7 September 2021 – Today, France’s highest court, the Cour de cassation, decided that Lafarge’s indictment for...

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.

29 July 2021• -Press release-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Corruption and embezzlement, Front page

Paris, July 29 – The Court of Cassation has just confirmed the conviction of the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea in the...

NGOs call out to Perenco: end the opacity to put a stop to the impunity of the multinational

29 July 2021• -Press release-en, Access to justice, Environment and Climate, Front page, Strengthening corporate accountability

Paris, 28 July 2021 – In a letter made public today, Sherpa, Friends of the Earth France and Avocats sans Frontières call the oil...

Lafarge/Syria: French Supreme Court decision postponed to 7 September 2021

15 July 2021• -Press release-en, Front page

Paris/Berlin, 15 July 2021 – Today, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) was expected to issue its decision in the case against...

Third edition of the Duty of Vigilance Radar: McDonald’s, Lactalis, Bigard, Adrexo, Leroy Merlin, Generali, Altrad, Euro Disney … 44 companies still breaking the law?

8 July 2021• -Non classé-en, -Press release-en, Advocacy, Research and Studies

Paris, July 7th, 2021 – CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Sherpa publish today the third edition of the “Duty of Vigilance Radar”....

French Justice opens a judicial investigation and tasks judge with investigating the controversial sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions

5 July 2021• -Press release-en, Front page

Paris, July, 5th 2021 — As a result of the complaint accompanied by criminal indemnification (partie civile) filed by Sherpa April,...

Complaint against 4 textile giants for forced labour of Uyghurs: French justice opens an investigation for concealment of crimes against humanity

2 July 2021• -Press release-en, Front page

Paris, 2 July 2021 – The French judiciary announced yesterday that it has opened an investigation into the crime of concealment of...