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Category: Tax evasion litigation

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Illicit Financial Flows

Ill-gotten gains case against Rifaat al-Assad to be heard by the Supreme Court in France

Wednesday, the French highest court will confirm or overturn the condemnation of Syrian cacique to four years in prison for money laundering and embezzlement…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

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

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

Press release

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…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

Ill Gotten Gains against Lebanese officials : opening of a preliminary investigation after Sherpa’s complaint

The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office has announced the opening of a preliminary investigation to be carried out by the Central Directorate of the Judicial…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

Appeal trial of Rifaat al Assad in the Syrian Ill-Gotten Gains case

Paris, 5 May 2021 – Sherpa as civil claimant will take part in Rifaat al Assad’s appeal trial, which opens today. The uncle of Bashar al-Assad,…

Press release

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…

Opinion

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…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

Malta Files: call for an investigation to the Attorney General of Malta

Paris, 04/10/2018 – The French and Maltese Anti-Corruption Organizations Sherpa and Il-Kenniesa request the Attorney General of Malta to open an investigation into the…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

Panama Papers: Maltese Attorney General should make the Egrant Inquiry Report public

The French and Maltese anti-corruption organisations, Sherpa and Il-Kenniesa request from the Attorney General of Malta the full publication of the Egrant Inquiry Report.…

Press release

Illicit Financial Flows

Council of Europe should evaluate Malta taking into account the revelations of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and the Forbidden Stories consortium

Council of Europe should evaluate Malta taking into account the revelations of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and the Forbidden Stories consortium Paris, July 13th…

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Illicit Financial Flows

The Mopani Affair: Tax Evasion in the Copper Mines of Zambia

The Facts… Mopani Copper Mines is the largest copper and cobalt mining company in Zambia. In 2009, the Zambian government conducted an audit of…

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