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The scale of drug trafficking in Latin America is well known. Many countries are affected by this scourge, including Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela and Honduras. The narco-economy is flourishing and has a real impact on the region’s activities. In this sense, a French parliamentary report estimates that 10 to 12 billion dollars are collected …
Continue reading “Drop by drop”, the cartels’ illegal loans”
Created by Satoshi Nakamoto on January 3, 2009, Bitcoin is now the talk of the town. In the now large “family” of crypto-assets, this is the oldest and most valued. Behind a process with a sometimes quite technical lexicon, crypto-assets are the talk of the town, and for the past few weeks, everything has been …
With the law of December 9, 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernization of economic life, known as “Sapin II”, the legislator has defined a strong anti-corruption benchmark, inspired by international standards. This law also created the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA), which has been entrusted with the task of monitoring and advising …
Total, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale. For some of us, these big names represent France’s economic power, for others the excesses of a system that’s running out of steam. In addition to their common nationality, these companies all hold a prominent place in the table of the largest penalty amounts resulting from a breach of the …
Artificial Intelligence, a weapon against corruption? The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)<fn>Composite index that measures perceptions of public sector corruption perceived in public administrations and the political class in 180 countries and territories around the world.</fn> 2019 by Transparency International ranks France 23rd out of 180 countries. With a score of 69 in the IPC<fn>https://www.transparency.org/cpi2019</fn>, on …
Almost thirty years after the collapse of the Communist bloc, corruption continues to be a reality in some post-Soviet countries. Indeed, despite perpetual efforts to combat state capture, or the concentration of power in the hands of local oligarchies, sometimes allied with large multinationals, this evil remains very present. In recent years, corruption scandals linked …
Continue reading “The current state of corruption in Eastern Europe”
Compliance requires systems that generate costs – training, risk mapping, due diligence, etc. etc. These costs are necessary for risk management. Can they also contribute to the company’s development? Does the ISO certification process allow you to capitalize on your efforts? The anti-corruption measures set out in the most recent legislative and regulatory provisions are …
