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Friday, June 12, 2026
Ce qu'exige l'article 17 de la loi Sapin II, à qui il s'applique, comment se déroulent les contrôles de l'AFA, et un plan de 120 jours pour structurer votre programme anticorruption.
Iratxe Gurpegui
From general-purpose LLMs to AI-native compliance workflows
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Most compliance teams have already felt the jump: a general-purpose LLM (ChatGPT, Claude, Le Chat) can draft, translate, summarise, and structure information faster than any junior analyst. Used well, it is genuinely useful.
Jean-Christian Le Meur
Managing Compliance in SMEs: 8 Mistakes to Avoid
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) face almost the same regulatory scrutiny as listed corporations, yet they rarely have the headcount or the budget of a Fortune 500 compliance department.
Iratxe Gurpegui
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Friday, July 31, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Segregation of duties: a practical matrix for mid-size firms

Segregation of duties (SoD) means splitting the critical steps of a process: initiation, approval, execution, recording, and review, so that no single person can both create and validate a risky transaction. A mid-size firm does not need five people per process. It needs three things: incompatible steps never held by the same person, a documented compensating control wherever headcount makes separation impossible, and an exceptions register that proves the gaps are governed rather than ignored.

Friday, July 31, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

When to hire compliance consultants

Hire a compliance consultant when independence, specialist expertise, or credibility with a regulator is decisive: a first Sapin II or ISO 37001 program, an investigation or dawn raid, a certification or customer audit within 120 days, or expansion into a new jurisdiction. Keep accountability, risk decisions, and evidence ownership in house. Use technology for the recurring work, data collection, monitoring, evidence trails, so consultant hours go to judgment, not administration.

Friday, July 31, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Ce que l'AFA attend réellement de votre reporting de conformité

Lors d'un contrôle de l'AFA, votre tableau de bord fait preuve. Ce que l'AFA attend du reporting de conformité Sapin II, et quels indicateurs construire.

Friday, July 31, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

AFA Compliance Reporting: What Regulators Expect from your Dashboard

During an AFA control, your dashboard is evidence. What the AFA expects from Sapin II compliance reporting and how to build indicators that prove it.

Friday, July 24, 2026
Iratxe Gurpegui

Sanction inédite de l’AFA : ce que la décision du 9 juillet 2026 change pour votre programme anticorruption

Le 9 juillet 2026, la commission des sanctions de l’Agence française anticorruption a franchi un cap attendu depuis près de dix ans. Pour la première fois depuis l’entrée en vigueur de la loi Sapin II, elle prononce des sanctions pécuniaires : 350 000 euros à l’encontre d’une société, et 60 000 euros à l’encontre de son président, à titre personnel.