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The Situation: The European Union's Fourth Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849 of May 20, 2015) granted broad access to information relating to the beneficial owners of companies...more
On March 14, 2023, the French Anticorruption Agency ("AFA") and the Parquet National Financier ("PNF") jointly published a new version of their guide relating to internal anticorruption investigations (the "Guide")....more
The new guidelines update those published jointly by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (Parquet National Financier or "PNF") and the French Anticorruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption or "AFA") on June 26,...more
Although French companies have made progress in anticorruption compliance over the past two years, the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") has found that they still have difficulty implementing certain measures, particularly...more
French Decree No. 2022-1284 of October 3, 2022, which implements French Law No. 2022-401 of March 21, 2022, on whistleblower protections (also known as the "Waserman Law"), came into effect on October 4, 2022 (the "New...more
The French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA"), a national regulatory authority created by Law 2016-1691 of December 9, 2016 ("Sapin II law"), has just released its 2021 activity report.
An analysis of the inspections the FAA...more