Worldwide: White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

Polish authorities have uncovered a sophisticated smuggling operation involving sanctioned goods being exported to Belarus through falsified documentation and customs corruption.

It has been reported that the Lithuanian authorities have arrested a Polish national on suspicion of trying to export to Belarus the equivalent of €60,000 in physical currency in Polish zlotys and US dollars.

Internal investigations have become essential for organizations facing increased legislative requirements and reputational risks. This guide examines the challenges and merits of conducting internal investigations, offering a roadmap for organizations to navigate suspicious incidents, ensure legal compliance, and protect stakeholder interests.

Gérard Haas et son équipe ont compilé pour vous les actualités clés afin de vous permettre de rester à jour sur les dernières tendances et évolutions des secteurs juridique et numérique.

Germany is poised to fundamentally transform its corporate liability regime by quadrupling maximum fines and, for the first time, codifying statutory sentencing criteria that expressly recognize internal investigations and compliance measures as mandatory mitigating factors. The reforms, embedded within an EU environmental directive implementation, will apply across all corporate offenses and establish clear legal requirements for how companies must respond to suspected misconduct.

The European Union has reached a compromise on the Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and Payment Services Regulation (PSR), introducing sweeping changes to harmonise payment rules across Member States. The package addresses fragmentation under PSD2 by migrating conduct-of-business rules into directly applicable regulations, while introducing new provisions on cash access, cryptocurrency payment services, fraud liability, and open banking.

On 17 March 2026, the European Commission (“Commission”) launched a call for evidence (“CfE”) regarding a review of the state aid rules for banks in difficulty.

The Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) has published its Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report 2026 (the “Report”), setting out its strategic priorities and planned supervisory activities for the year ahead.

Conscious of new risks arising from digitalisation, emerging technologies and evolving scam tactics...