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Corporate Impunity
Zogota Massacre in Guinea: New hearing before the Paris Judicial Court
Survivors of the Zogota massacre in Guinea are asking French courts to recognise a ruling in their favour handed down by the Court of…
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Illicit Financial Flows
End of Libyan Funding and Nicolas Sarkozy Appeal Trial : A mirror to our democracies
As the appeal trial concerning Libyan funding draws to a close today, Transparency International France, Anticor and Sherpa are joining forces to call for calm during the…
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Civic Space
SLAPPs: A Weak Transposition in France And No Parliamentary Debate
France had until the 7th of May to transpose the 2024 European directive aimed at combating Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The deadline has been met through…
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Corporate Impunity
Lafarge convicted of financing terrorism in Syria
A historic ruling in the fight for corporate accountability: Lafarge and four former senior executives were found guilty of financing terrorism and violating international…
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Illicit Financial Flows
Bolloré Case in Togo: Vincent Bolloré and two former executives referred to the Criminal Court on corruption charges
In this case, which first came to the attention of the judicial authorities in 2013, Vincent Bolloré and two former executives of the Bolloré…
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Illicit Financial Flows
Nicolas Sarkozy and Libyan funding: A united front for Justice and Democracy at the Appeal Trial
On the 25th of September 2025, the Paris Criminal Court convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy in the Libyan financing case. As the appeal…
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Corporate Impunity
Workers’ rights: The Yves Rocher Group found liable for failing in its duty of vigilance in Türkiye
The Paris Judicial Court has ruled against the Yves Rocher Group for failing to fulfil its duty of vigilance within its Turkish subsidiary. However,…
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Corporate Impunity
Climate case against TotalEnergies : a decisive hearing on the merits
In the climate case brought by French NGOs Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, ZEA, France Nature Environnement and the City of Paris against TotalEnergies,…
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Illicit Financial Flows
Will 2026 be the year of transparency? Sherpa calls for the opening of beneficial ownership registers
As part of the European Union’s fight against money laundering, a mechanism for public registers of beneficial owners was introduced in 2015. These registers…
