France

Prozess: Staatsanwaltschaft gegen Verurteilung von IWF-Chefin Lagarde

Prosecutor's office against conviction of International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Christine Lagarde. The former French finance minister is on trial because of her involvement in an affair for state million payments to the businessman Bernard Tapie.
16/12/16
Corruption Problem: 
Fraud
Sector: 
Executive/Government

Soupçons d'escroquerie lors des campagnes du FN : une nouvelle enquête ouverte

A new investigation in France for the political party Front National: misuse of assets and complicity in fraud in a continuing campaign finance inquiry.
29/11/16
Corruption Problem: 
Election Fraud
Fraud
Sector: 
Political Parties

La France lance 560 contrôles fiscaux sur la base des « Panama papers »

Fiscal investigations on 500 people in France, as a consequence of the Panama Papers scandal: the budget office of the Finance Ministry said Thursday its experts have studied the leaked information and are now digging deeper into 560 specific cases.
17/11/16
Corruption Problem: 
Facilitating Tax Evasion
Fraud
Money Laundering
Tax Evasion
Tax Fraud
Sector: 
Private Sector

Diesel : l’enquête sur les émissions polluantes des moteurs Renault transmise à la justice

After the Volkswagen scandal a new case of fraud in France, anti-fraud investigators have referred Renault to state prosecutors over abnormal emissions of nitrogen oxide pollutants from some of its diesel engines.
10/11/16
Corruption Problem: 
Fraud
Sector: 
Private Sector

FIFA seeking life ban for Platini, say his lawyers

Michel Platini, who hopes to become head of world soccer's governing body fifa, could face a life ban from the sport over a payment he received from fifa head Sepp Blatter, a spokesman for the Frenchman's lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday.
24/11/15
Corruption Problem: 
Corruption
Sector: 
Sport

Tax-News.com: France Requests Bank Data From Switzerland In Tax Probe

The French tax authorities have reportedly sent an administrative assistance request to Switzerland which could see Swiss bank UBS turn over information on tens of thousands of French clients.
28/09/16
Corruption Problem: 
Tax Evasion
Sector: 
Banking and Finance

McDonald's French headquarters searched in tax investigation

McDonald’s French headquarters were searched on 18 May as part of an ongoing tax probe, according to police sources.
26/05/16
Corruption Problem: 
Fraud
Tax Evasion
Sector: 
Private Sector

Google could face claim for billions of euros in back taxes following raid on Paris offices

Google could face a claim for billions of euros in back taxes after 100 police and tax investigators raided the company’s offices in Paris as part of an investigation into alleged systematic fraud.
24/05/16
Corruption Problem: 
Fraud
Fraud / False Accounting
Sector: 
Technology
Telecommunications

Award-winning French policeman on trial for 'paying informants with seized drugs'

One of France’s most successful and decorated police detectives has gone on trial for allegedly sharing in the ill-gotten gains of the criminals who he was supposed to catch. The long-awaited trial of Michel Neyret��is expected to lift the veil on a long-standing but forbidden French police practice of “paying off” informers with parts of intercepted drugs shipments.
02/05/16
Corruption Problem: 
Fraud
Misuse of Public Position
Sector: 
Police

Court slashes damages to be paid by ex-trader Kerviel

A French appeals court has slashed the amount of damages due to be paid by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel to €1m ($1.12m; £860,00).
24/09/16
Corruption Problem: 
Fraud
Sector: 
Banking and Finance

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