While the health crisis we’ve been experiencing for over a year now has turned our daily lives and the way we work upside down, the digital revolution is accelerating and accentuating the risk weighing on businesses, which are being forced to rapidly implement remote working in order to maintain their activity. Indeed, the increasing volume …
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Fairness, equality, discipline: these are some of the values promoted by the<fn sport.>https://fr.unesco.org/themes/sport-antidopage/education-aux-valeurs{[(|fnote_end|)]}, tragically mocked by darkly-intentioned sports bettors. In addition to its recreational dimension, sport can also be a lucrative business for fans through online sports betting and gaming. The considerable growth of this type of entertainment, and the size of the capital it …
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During an interview in 2019, at an investment fund in Luxembourg, when I raised the idea of organizing a workshop on ethics that would not focus on financial products, I saw the surprise of my management contacts who wondered what the content of this workshop might be. I use the blind spot as an image …
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Introduction The term “beneficial owner” originated in common law countries, notably in the United States of America with the adoption of the patriot act1)The USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act following the attacks of September 11, 2001. This law used the term “benefical …
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 …
A look back at the CAHUZAC affair – a politico-financial scandal highlighting the flaws in a controversial system We are in 2013, Jérôme CAHUZAC is then Minister in charge of the Budget at Pierre MOSCOVICI‘s Ministry of Economy and Finance. He wants to embody a policy of fiscal firmness in a context of economic crisis. …
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What is responsible, sustainable, green and socially responsible finance? Responsible finance is finance that integrates extra-financial components into its economic model, such as the fight against money laundering, fraud and corruption, and the protection of the integrity of financial markets. It is finance that serves mankind and the planet. There are many different ways of …
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Today, one fraud technique outclasses the counterfeiting or falsification of identity documents. This modus operandi, also known as “look-alike”, is based on physical resemblance and has become a veritable fraud of physiognomy. It’s true that the bearer of a usurped document will use stratagems to get past police or customs checks, opting for clothing identical …
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, the National Assembly’s European Affairs Committee adopted a report on the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Based in Luxembourg, it is chaired by Laura CODRUTA KÖVESI, formerly head of Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate and the new body’s first European General Prosecutor. The Senate has already passed the bill on first …
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