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Corporate Impunity

Complaint accuses international timber company DLH of trading illegal timber and funding Liberian war

Sherpa, Global Witness, Greenpeace France and Liberian NGO Green Advocates have today filed a legal complaint before the Senior Magistrate of the Regional Court…

Investigation and report

Illicit Financial Flows

Will CAC-40 get away with its activities in tax haven? – New study by Revue Projet in conjunction with the Tax and Legal Havens platform

Why would the companies in the CAC-40 index have 1548 offshore subsidiaries, listed by Revue Projet (1)? Tax evasion or promotion of “Made in…

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Corporate Impunity

“Canfin” law: Will French government give up on regulating multinationals’ activities?

Paris, 10 February 2014 – The French National Assembly will debate today on the orientation and programming Law on Development and International Solidarity policy.…

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Illicit Financial Flows

The Islamic Development Bank postpones its decision to fund the extension project of the power plant in Nouakchott

Paris, 29 January 2014 – Sherpa wishes to express its surprise at the last press release issued by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on…

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Illicit Financial Flows

The Islamic Development Bank drops funding for the expansion of the Nouakchott power plant in Mauritania

Paris, 15 January 2014 –The Sherpa association was pleased to be informed on Friday, 10 January 2014 that the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) had…

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Corporate Impunity

Bangladesh Tragedy: Government Passes Buck to EU

Paris, 4 December 2013 The proposals put forward by the French Minister for Foreign Trade do not include binding CSR provisions, thus they will…

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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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Illicit Financial Flows

2013 Financial Secrecy Index: European Tax Havens blacklisted

7 November 2013 – The Tax Justice Network (TNJ), along with the Tax and judiciary haven platform (la Plateforme des paradis fiscaux et judiciaries)…

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Illicit Financial Flows

Tax fraud laws: minimal advances

Paris, 6 November 2013 The draft law related to the fight against tax fraud and serious economic and financial crimes was adopted by the…

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Corporate Impunity

Sherpa supports Nigerien civil society for the renegotiation of the uranium mining agreement between Niger and the Areva group.

In the wake of warnings sent out by local Nigerien associations in 2003 and after assessing numerous violations of workers’ safety, Sherpa, Doctors of…

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Corporate Impunity

Child exploitation and indecent labor conditions: Samsung is accused of violating its ethical commitments

Peuples Solidaires, Sherpa and Indecosa-CGT have today lodged a complaint at the Bobigny Public Prosecutor’s department against Samsung, intending to show that the brand’s…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

Tax evasion in Zambia: Five NGOs file an OECD complaint against Glencore International AG and First Quantum Minerals for violation of OECD guidelines

Lausanne/Zurich/Paris/Lusaka, April 12th 2011. Sherpa (France), the Center for Trade Policy and Development (Zambia), the Berne Declaration (Switzerland), l’Entraide Missionnaire (Canada) and Mining Watch…

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