France: International Judicial Cooperation in the Fight Against Economic Crime

Abstract

In an interview given to a French magazine in July 1998, the Public Prosecutor for Geneva, Bernard Bertossa, a signatory to the Geneva Appeal, made the following statement about the globalisation of financial crime: ‘I have to admit, I was far from suspecting that it had become so widespread … each year the cases of crime which we deal with in Geneva represent hundreds of millions of dollars.’ The journalist interviewing him asked: ‘How long docs it take to trace the route of funds which go around the world in a matter of moments?’ The Swiss magistrate replied, ‘if their path is complex enough it can take at least ten years or so …’

Citation

Pelsez, E. (1999), "France: International Judicial Cooperation in the Fight Against Economic Crime", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025926