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I. Introduction Le premier volet de cette contribution a permis de constater que l'art. 305bis CP offre un cadre normatif suffisamment large pour appréhender sous un angle répressif les opérations de blanchiment d'argent qui interviendraient sur le marché de l'art en Suisse, la difficulté résidant moins dans la norme elle-même que dans sa mise en œuvre (www.lawofthearts.com/14fr). Ce constat oblige à regarder plus en amont. Si la répression peine à atteindre ses objectifs, la véritable question devient alors celle de la prévention. En Suisse, cette tâche revient principalement à la…
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I. Introduction The first part of this article demonstrated that Article 305(bis) Swiss Criminal Code (SCC) provides a sufficiently broad regulatory framework to address, from a law enforcement perspective, money laundering activities that may occur in the Swiss art market, with the difficulty lying less in the provision itself than in its implementation (www.lawofthearts.com/14en). This observation necessitates a closer look at the upstream factors. If law enforcement struggles to achieve its objectives, the real issue then becomes that of prevention. In Switzerland, this task falls primarily to the Anti-Money Laundering…
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I. Introduction "[S]ometimes a bank needs a justification for a wire, right? […] We can just say, Ohh, you are buying a painting. If they need justification, you know what I mean? You just be like, Oh yeah, I bought a, you know, Picasso drawing or something." Ces propos, enregistrés en mars 2012 par le Federal Bureau of Investigation aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique, sont ceux du galeriste new-yorkais Helly Nahmad. Celui-ci était lors poursuivi pour son rôle dans un réseau de jeux illégaux et de blanchiment d'argent de plus de USD…
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I. Introduction “[S]ometimes a bank needs a justification for a wire, right? […] We can just say, Ohh, you are buying a painting. If they need justification, you know what I mean? You just be like, Oh yeah, I bought a, you know, Picasso drawing or something.” These remarks, recorded in March 2012 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States of America, were made by the New York gallery owner Helly Nahmad. At the time, he was being prosecuted for his role in an illegal gambling and…