Les Etats sont-ils dépassés par rapport à la problématique de la criminalité organisée et de la corruption ? Des initiatives de la société civiles (Libera , Anticor, Flare, mafias.fr) peuvent-elles palier en partie à ce manque ? Autant de questions à l’heure où le Groupe d’Action Financière (GAFI) estime à entre 600 et 1800 milliards de dollars l’ensemble…
“The Ombudsman noted that EULEX did not follow its standard procedure for investigating such allegations. She also found that the way in which the external prosecutor was recruited needed to be examined. However, given that the expert recently appointed by the EU High Representative has made it clear that these issues will form part of…
The OECD released an extensive report about foreign bribery early December. According to the report, more than 427 cases were dealt with justice since 1999, when the organization launched its convention. It looks like public mandates (27%) and customs (11%) are the most targeted. Link : http://www.oecd.org/daf/oecd-foreign-bribery-report-9789264226616-en.htm
Ana Mato, spanish minister of Health, left the Rajoy government yesterday. Her husband apparently benefited form bribes by the Grütel network, including a car. The organisation is the one using advantages of government contracts for the administrations led by the right-wing party. Link : http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2014/11/27/01003-20141127ARTFIG00360-rajoy-aux-prises-avec-le-fleau-de-la-corruption.php
The EU agency for justice, Eurojust, published recently a report on organized crime and environmental issues. According to the report, Ireland and Italy are manly concerned by waste trafficking when other EU countries focuses on trafficking endangered species. Rhinoceros horns are for example a valuable resource which has been connected to islamist terrorist group in…
French police released a report on Monday the 17th of November, about organized crime in France. It is the first time for the french unit to publish such a document. More than 70% of organized crime money comes from the drug trafficking, according to the report, estimated to reach 3,5 billions Euros. Cybercrime is getting more…
The NZZ reveled today that the corruption affair hits Switzerland. Federal authorities are conducting an investigation of money laundering since late April 2014. Link : http://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/schweiz-ermittelt-in-petrobras-affaere-1.18428003
The italian anti-mafia unit (ROS) arrested 40 people yesterday, all suspected of being affiliated to the calabrese mafia ‘Ndrangheta. For the first time ever, the military police (carabinieri) recorded affiliation rituals in Northern Italy, close to the swiss border. It may mean that the mafia is trying to expand its activities wider in Europe and Switzerland….
On an extraordinary day where the reputation of football’s world governing body plumbed new depths, Michael J Garcia accused Fifa’s head judge of misrepresenting his report into the bidding for the next two World Cups and announced he would appeal a verdict which looked to have lifted the threat of the controversial 2010 ballot being…
The U.S. said Qatar and Kuwait aren’t doing enough to block the financing activities of the extremist group Islamic State, exposing a sore point in a coalition formed to fight the militants. “Both countries have more work to do,” Mr. Cohen said on Thursday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think tank. The…
