How is France reinforcing the fight against international corruption?

In order to reinforce the measures against international corruption, the Chancery published, on 16 June 2020, a circular defining the general policy on the fight against international corruption. Firstly, this circular highlights the central role played in this matter by the national financial prosecutor's Department ("Financial prosecution"), which will be from now on, systematically informed of any "credible" suspicion brought to the attention of the different public prosecutor's departments.

Secondly, the circular puts forward the following three themes:

  1. Exploiting the means to alert on the existence of corruption

  2. Investigation strategy : celerity and exhaustiveness

  3. Legal proceedings : efficiency and dissuasion

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