Scam banking, stock market crime… the economic and financial crime is ill-treated by the police and the justice system, according to an injunction of the Court of accounts published on Monday. “The organization and the means allocated by the ministries of Interior and Justice, the fight against economic and financial crime have shown weaknesses that contribute to explain the partial and late of the criminal justice response”, taclent the magistrates of the rue Cambon.
Scams and economic and financial crimes have jumped by 24 % between 2012 and 2016, including + 30 % in the paris region and + 52 % in Paris. The progression is “overall faster” than other crimes, says the Court. In addition, the judicial police reports to the professionalization and sophistication of the business, that the judges and investigators are struggling to follow. Less than a third of the cases have received a criminal law response. “The time of investigation, instruction and audiencement are very important and are all on the increase”, are also the judges financial. At Versailles,they amounted to more than eight years in 22 % of cases, noted the court of appeal, the chief town of the Yvelines department. Poor indicators related to the low specialisation of investigators – apart from the specialized units of the parisians – and the breakup of the means. “It is important, concludes the Court, re-engaged the interest of investigators and prosecutors to combat a crime that is of concern to legitimate our fellow citizens.”
