Not to mention the cleavage in public opinion, so many clues that betray a conception that has not yet progressed enough regarding seriousness of financial crime.

These decisions recognize the effectiveness of the personal immunity of Heads of State during their mandate, even regarding international crimes but rule out any possibility of functional immunity for these same facts. So, former heads of state can be prosecuted abroad for international crimes.

Effective measures imply compliance obligations in a risk mitigation perspective and also - and above all - criminal enforcement to drastically deter such behaviours, especially through asset recovery and confiscation.

Considering growing interaction between organised crime and financial criminality, a useful fight against the first phenomenon implies effective measures to tackle the second.

I will deliver an intervention addressing the significant interaction between money laundering, on the one hand, and human trafficking and modern slavery, on the other.

This international and inter-institutional conference, organised in association with INTERPOL and in partnership with Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Portsmouth University, aims to explore, discuss and investigate the phenomena of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Et sur ce dossier en particulier, difficile d’être optimiste quand on connaît les racines et l’historique du conflit. Le risque d’escalade est réel.