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Counterfeiters and money launderers breathe again as France awaits new government

By Zélie de Crécy

Published on 25.09.2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

Until the new French prime minister forms his government, a proposed law on financial crime in the luxury goods sector, which could target not only counterfeiters but also consumers, has been shelved.

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Counterfeiters and money launderers breathe again as France awaits new government

Until the new French prime minister forms his government, a proposed law on financial crime in the luxury goods sector, which could target not only counterfeiters but also consumers, has been shelved.

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France Counterfeiters and money launderers breathe again as France awaits new government

Until the new French prime minister forms his government, a proposed law on financial crime in the luxury goods sector, which could target not only counterfeiters but also consumers, has been shelved.

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Senate to vote on tougher probes into fake goods

Fashion Institute fights to save its million-euro subsidy from government budget cuts

Jewellers and watchmakers lobby for law against pop-up gold transactions

In Focus Auction houses rail against regulator

Counterfeiters On China's Pearl River, rogue ateliers churn out the fakes

Spotlight Mammoth cash sales lumber 'presidents' jeweller' Arije with record fines

France's anti-money laundering unit homes in on luxury sector

Counterfeiters French politicians step up fight against fakery as counterfeiting goes industrial

French Senate drafts law to counter money laundering in luxury sector

French Senate scrutinises jewellery sector's money laundering blind spots

Laundering fears prompt leather goods companies to blacklist customers

Spotlight Money laundering: French finance ministry puts luxury sector under surveillance

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France
Counterfeiters and money launderers breathe again as France awaits new government

In Focus
Auction houses rail against regulator

Counterfeiters
On China's Pearl River, rogue ateliers churn out the fakes

Spotlight
Mammoth cash sales lumber 'presidents' jeweller' Arije with record fines

Counterfeiters
French politicians step up fight against fakery as counterfeiting goes industrial

Spotlight
Money laundering: French finance ministry puts luxury sector under surveillance