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Illicit Financial Flows

Corruption in Togo: French Supreme Court rejected annulation of proceedings requested by Vincent Bolloré and others

This Wednesday, the Court of cassation, France’s highest court, ruled on requests for annulment of the proceedings against Vincent Bolloré and two other executives…
News
Corporate Impunity

Workers’ rights in Turkiye: 47 former employees join the lawsuit against Yves Rocher

47 additional former employees have joined the legal action brought in France against the Yves Rocher Group for breach of its duty of vigilance in Turkiye.
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Climate litigation against TotalEnergies: legal action continues before the Court of Appeals

In the ongoing climate litigation brought by 6 associations and 15 local authorities against TotalEnergies, a decision from the Paris judicial court on July…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

Complaint filed against French banks for money laundering and concealment of proceeds from illegal deforestation in the Amazon

Sherpa, supported by Harvest, the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), Repórter Brasil and Transparency International, filed a complaint with the French National Prosecutor’s…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Zogota massacre victims in Paris for justice

Survivors of the 2012 massacre by state security forces in the village of Zogota in the West African country of Guinea are asking the…
Open Letter
Civic Space

EU countries should say no to the CSAR mass surveillance proposal

EU countries are preparing to agree their position on the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation, commonly known as “chat control”.(1) This proposed…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Deforestation in Amazon: Despite the sale of some of its assets, the Casino Group will have to face justice

Burdened with a debt of more than $6 billion the French retail group Casino is considering selling its Brazilian and Colombian stores to boost…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Climate change trial against TotalEnergies: action brought by associations and local authorities deemed inadmissible, a worrying ruling

Paris, 6 July 2023 – In the climate litigation brought against TotalEnergies by a coalition of associations and local authorities (1), the pre-trial judge…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Climate change: new step in TotalEnergies case

This wednesday, a first hearing will take place before the Paris judicial court in the climate change litigation initiated by 6 NGOs and 16…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Uyghur forced labor: NGOs file new complaint requesting judicial investigation against garment companies

After the dismissal of the complaint filed in April 2021 against Uniqlo, SMCP, Inditex, and Skechers USA for concealment of crimes against humanity, Sherpa,…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

Libyan financing affair: Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried by a court

After thirteen years of investigation, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and twelve other suspects will face trial for allegedly using Libyan public funds for…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Directive on corporate Due Diligence: Conservative MEPs go against citizens’ expectations

Paris, 12 April 2023 – Two weeks before a decisive vote is due to take place at the European Parliament on the Corporate sustainability…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

Bolloré and suspicions of corruption in Togo : towards the holding of a public trial

On March 21, the investigation chamber rendered a judgment in the ongoing judicial investigation involving Vincent Bolloré and two other executives of the company,…
Press release
Illicit Financial Flows

Gas project in Mozambique and conflict of interests: First hearing against Bpifrance

This Tuesday, the Court of Créteil will hold its first hearing following the legal action initiated by Sherpa and supported by Friends of the…
Press release
Corporate Impunity

Climate change litigation against Total: NGOs and local authorities’ request for provisional measures pending trial

New step in the legal action initiated by 6 NGOs and 16 local authorities: the coalition responds to TotalEnergies’ climate inaction strategy and delaying…
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