The department acts preventively and identifies situations which may give rise to criminal pursuits, advises and assists its clients in proceedings initiated by the administrative authorities which can submit cases to the public prosecutors office (fair trade, competition and fraud authority (DGCCRF), Works Inspection, Regional Accounts Courts) and assists its clients when prosecution has been decided and the case is before the criminal courts.
It also advises and assists clients in their capacity as victims of illegal acts from the drafting and filing of briefs to attendance at the hearings before the courts.
Notwithstanding common law white collar crime issues (theft, felony, fraudulent conversion of funds, concealing or receiving stolen goods, fraud, money laundering¡), the department has developed specific knowledge and know-how in violations encountered by companies and local authorities in the following areas: distribution and consumer law, new technologies, press, insolvency law, labour, public sphere, urbanism, environment, transportation, customs and trade and tourism.