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The real issue is no longer merely economic: it is democratic. Even more so than social media and search engines, AI can determine who sees what, thereby destroying the pluralism of information in Europe in favour of a sanitised and monolithic view. (Photo: Paperjam)

Publishers have won a battle, but the war is still to be fought

The CJEU has strengthened publishers’ rights in relation to digital platforms. But whilst Europe is sorting out yesterday’s online disputes, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity are already reshaping tomorrow’s access to information.

Thierry Labro • 04:34

On Wednesday 6 May, the ministry of justice launched a dedicated portal aimed at combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. (Photos: Shutterstock, screenshot of amlcft.public.lu. Montage: Paperjam)

Luxembourg is stepping up its online anti-money laundering measures

Ioanna Schimizzi • 07.05.2026

A suspect, who was arrested a few weeks ago in France and extradited to Luxembourg on 27 April, sheds light on the inner workings of a scheme that has already cost Luxembourg more than €10m. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The “LuxTrust fraud” network reveals its perpetrators

Ioanna Schimizzi • 06.05.2026

Ten years after the European Commission’s decision, the Dutch courts have estimated the additional costs incurred by the affected companies at 7%, paving the way for compensation. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Truck cartel: Dutch court quantifies the damages

Thierry Labro • 28.04.2026

He wanted to study medicine. Belgium wouldn’t let him study medicine. So he switched to law… only to find himself defending his own case before the Court of Justice of the European Union, wearing a borrowed lawyer’s gown for a 25-minute hearing: to convince the judges. (Photo: Axel Dris)

The Luxembourg student who is throwing Belgium’s quotas into disarray

Thierry Labro • 20.04.2026

Behind the romanticised image of the hacker – capable of disrupting government services or businesses through denial-of-service attacks – lies a cybercrime economy. In an operation carried out in Luxembourg as well, Europol has issued warnings to 75,000 individuals. Photo: Shutterstock

DDoS-for-hire: 75,000 “amateur hackers” identified

Thierry Labro • 16.04.2026

According to the Advocate General of the CJEU, the residence criterion is considered too rigid, particularly in cases such as that of Axel Dris, who attended school in Belgium throughout his education and has developed genuine ties there. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The CJEU rules in favour of a student from Luxembourg

Ioanna Schimizzi • 16.04.2026

According to his Paris-based lawyer, Mikhail Fridman, the co-founder of the Alfa Group, who is known to be close to the Russian authorities, took all the necessary formal steps by divesting his holdings in the group in order to have his name removed from the sanctions list. To no avail. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Mikhail Fridman: partial withdrawal, ongoing confusion

Thierry Labro • 16.04.2026

A recent ruling, concerning a case dating back some fifteen years and involving a company that has been in liquidation since 2017, serves as a reminder of the importance of Luxembourg’s corporate presence to the French tax authorities. Photo: Shutterstock

No substance in Luxembourg: the French tax authorities crack down

Thierry Labro • 14.04.2026

A caricature of three protagonists whose lives have taken very different paths but who have been linked for nearly twenty years. (Illustration: ChatGPT)

The lawyer facing murder charges who runs two shell companies

Thierry Labro • 10.04.2026

88 kilograms of cocaine were discovered at the Cargo Centre, just a few days after 123 kilograms of cannabis were found. Photo: Window4Logistics/archives

Luxembourg under pressure from drug traffickers

Thierry Labro • 31.03.2026

Three years to react “firmly”, in the modern world, is too slow. That’s what yesterday’s European sanctions against a number of Chinese and Iranian entities illustrate. (Illustration photo: Shutterstock)

EU sanctions Chinese hackers... identified for three years

Thierry Labro • 17.03.2026

The Administrative Court has annulled the CNPD's sanction against Amazon, asking the Luxembourg authority to review its copy and the sanction. (Photo: Paperjam)

€746m fine: CNPD decision against Amazon overturned

Thierry Labro • 13.03.2026

The Court of Justice of the European Union is weighing whether banks can delay refunds after unauthorised payments by arguing customers were grossly negligent. Photo: Shutterstock

Banks must refund phishing victims first, recover later

Kangkan Halder • 05.03.2026

The slow rise to prominence of the European public prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, whose term of office is coming to an end, is accompanied by an explosion in the amounts of damage. More than €67bn by the end of 2025. Photo: Shutterstock

VAT fraud is becoming the heart of European financial crime

Thierry Labro • 02.03.2026

A search was carried out on Tuesday 24 February at the premises of EFG Bank. (Photo: Paperjam)

Suspected money laundering and searches at EFG Bank

Thierry Labro • 27.02.2026

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