Fighting corruption and money laundering 

Compliance with anti-corruption laws and anti-money laundering measures, which are particularly broad in scope, is a significant issue for companies, commensurate with the criminal and reputational risks likely to be generated by their ignorance.  

The criminal risk weighs both on the legal person, as well as on managers and senior executives who can be held personally responsible for the conduct of their employees. 

Controls can be carried out by control authorities such as the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA), which controls, in application of Articles 3 and 17 of the Sapin II law, the existence and effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms put in place by public actors and large companies, or the DGCCRF, which was thus able to conduct a sectoral investigation on the compliance by real estate agencies with their anti-money laundering obligations. 

At European level, the Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) investigates fraud against the Community budget. 

The GOUACHE firm has extensive experience in advising companies in response to issues concerning assistance and support for this type of controls, as well as their possible contentious consequences. 

Upstream, we help you identify potential risks through operational and proactive strategic recommendations, including the formalization of an ethical charter, or a guide to good conduct. 

In the control and litigation phase, we use our sectoral knowledge,  our mastery of the interactions between civil law, criminal law, regulatory law and a proven methodology to respond efficiently to controls.