Author: Administrateur Sherpa

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Rafale Deal Has ‘Systemic Elements Of International Corruption’, Against Indian National Interest: French NGO

28 July 2021• -Non classé-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Corruption and embezzlement, Front page, Laundering, Laundering, Sherpa in the media

A 59,000-crore contract for 36 Rafale fighter jets is ‘troubling’, ‘suspicious’ and its conditions were ‘to the detriment’ of...

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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...

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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”....

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Procedures & Milestones: Ill-Gotten gains in Syria

6 July 2021• -Non classé-en, Corruption and embezzlement, Corruption and embezzlement, Laundering, Laundering, Strategic litigation

Fact : In 1970, Hafez Al-Assad led a coup d’état to seize power and remained in power until his death in 2000. He was succeeded by...

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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,...

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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...

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[Webinar] Asset restitutions in France: what solutions for Syria?

29 June 2021• Front page

After a long advocacy, France has finally adopted a mechanism for the restitution of ill-gotten gains to poor populations! To celebrate the...

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Off the hook? How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses

21 June 2021• -Press release-en, Advocacy, Front page

Paris, 21 June 2021 – Corporate lobbyists are fighting a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights...

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