Tag: decoder-surveys
BNP Paribas caught in Cyprus-related money laundering investigation
A BNP bank branch, in Lille, in 2014. PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP It is a sensitive issue, which mobilizes the judicial authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. According to…
banks win a round against the tax authorities
“CumEx Files” AGATHE DAHYOT / THE WORLD The major French banks have just won a round in the standoff that has pitted them for years against the tax authorities over…
Transparency at France’s discount on European recovery plan money
Who benefits from the approximately 700 billion euros of the European recovery plan? The twenty-seven member states which benefit from these funds released after the Covid-19 pandemic are forced to…
Does the CAF algorithm penalize the most vulnerable? Understand in three minutes
The National Family Allowance Fund (CNAF), the organization that oversees all CAFs, has 700 sworn agents to check the situation of the 13.8 million French households receiving aid. With a…
How the CAF algorithm predicts if you are “at risk” of fraud
It’s the story of a score from 0 to 1 that can change lives. “Le Monde” reveals the functioning of the algorithm used to target checks on “at risk” beneficiaries,…
European football could escape new anti-money laundering regulations
Illegal betting, match-fixing, overvalued transfers, kickbacks, dubious investments: much more than a sport, football is today an economic sector particularly vulnerable to financial crime. Should we therefore apply the same…
In Rumilly, “eternal pollutants” in the blood of residents
“Make no mistake, it’s not great to have PFAS in your blood. » The woman speaking has just learned that “eternal pollutants” are coursing through her veins. Aged 43, Anne…
the “Panama Papers” and other “leaks” brought in 450 million euros to France
QUENTIN HUGON / THE WORLD How is the public interest of a journalistic investigation measured? The dysfunctions and injustices that it reveals, the regulatory flaws that it exposes, but also,…
In Cyprus, a cybersurveillance conglomerate between legal opacity and tax optimization
An empire founded on the illegal sale of particularly intrusive surveillance technologies, in the middle of Europe: the documents from the “Cyprus Confidential” project shed light for the first time…
Cyprus, high-tech hub of the porn industry
Heavenly beaches, trendy cocktail bars, luxury yachts… And dozens of pornographic sites. In a decade, Cyprus has established itself as a central cog in the porn industry on a global…
Abramovitch’s secret transfers fuel suspicion of Chelsea slush fund
More than a year after the forced departure of Roman Abramovitch, skeletons are still hiding in Chelsea’s cupboards. The veil is gradually being lifted on the practices of the Russian…
A German journalist paid underhand by a Russian oligarch for his pro-Putin books
LéA GIRARDOT FOR “THE WORLD” In June 2021, German journalist Hubert Seipel is invited on the radio to present his latest book, Putins Macht. Warum Europa Russland braucht (“Putin’s power,…