NEXT STEP: From lobby group to European institution – BECM expands its structure to include a cooperative for legal interests (SCE)

The BE – European Cooperative Society for Legal Interests (SCE) aims to make cross-border interest representation more transparent, efficient and even more international in the future. If those responsible, assets and business models already operate globally, then the structures for processing them must also become more global. Four levels – one common objective To address […]

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Anyone who immediately calls every assignment procedure a “scam” simply hasn’t understood the system.

Why international claims enforcement is often misunderstood The internet apparently has a new favorite word: “scam”. International legal proceedings taking longer than three days? Scam.Lawyers don’t work for free? Scam. International debt collection costs money? Of course, that’s another scam. Perhaps it would be more useful to first explain the difference between: to understand before […]

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Connect & Recovery Republic: New Payment Rules in a Crypto Ecosystem

  With a recent announcement, the crypto network Connect has introduced a significant change affecting its entire ecosystem. Going forward, all purchases across connected projects must follow a fixed structure: 80 percent in cryptocurrency and 20 percent in an internal unit referred to as USC. This new rule applies to a wide range of platforms […]

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Criminal investigations that often take years – The structural reality behind proceedings against MLM and crypto networks

Complex systems, slow justice? When international MLM or crypto investment schemes collapse, many victims ask the same question: Why doesn’t the state intervene sooner? Why do house searches, arrests, or charges often only occur years after the first warning signs? The answer lies less in a lack of interest on the part of the authorities […]

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Years until liability – Why MLM and crypto trials take so long and the Lyoness case shows why time is no accident

And why waiting is rarely a strategic solution for victims. Civil proceedings against internationally organized MLM and crypto networks are among the most complex and protracted disputes in commercial law, their duration significantly influenced by cross-border structures, difficult jurisdictional issues, and complex evidentiary processes. At the same time, experience shows that even with valid claims, […]

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“Legal triumph?” – Documents paint a more nuanced picture in the Heit case

An article marked as an advertisement speaks of a “legal triumph.” However, official documents from the USA, case files, and the actual sequence of events during the service of the Frankfurt ruling paint a far more complex picture. “Legal triumph” – that’s how a paid article in the Braunschweiger Zeitung describes a ruling by the […]

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Why pyramid and snowball schemes survive despite court rulings – and who needs to close the loophole

Why independent review by BE Conflict Management is crucial Time and again, courts and supervisory authorities find that certain sales or investment models meet the criteria of a snowball or pyramid scheme. Nevertheless, there are often no criminal consequences for the key players. For victims, this seems contradictory: if a scheme was or is illegal, […]

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Platforms, Communities, and the Shifting of Responsibility – Interview with Business Ethicist Dr. Claudia Gross

Dr. Claudia Gross and BEKM CEO Ben Ecker appeared together as experts on the 3sat program “MAKRO” back in 2022. The program focused on the Lyconet/myWorld complex and the question of how platform and network structures organize or shift responsibility. Platforms, ecosystems, and community models are increasingly shaping the digital finance and token environment. At […]

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A Christmas greeting

As the year draws to a close, we would like to express our sincere thanks.

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Neutral when it comes to fraud, merciless when it comes to customers – the double failure of banks

How credit institutions enable fraud and expropriate innocent people at the same time ‘Which is the greater crime, robbing a bank or founding one?’ Today, Brecht’s famous question seems less provocative than sobering. What is increasingly evident in the European banking sector is no longer an isolated case, but a structural failure. Banks are acting […]

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