In this talk, I review the status and prospects of several low energy flavor
observables that are highly sensitive to New Physics effects. In particular I
discuss the implications for possible New Physics in b --> s transitions coming
from the recent experimental results on the B_s mixing phase, the branching
ratio of the rare decay B_s --> mu+mu-, and angular observables in the B --> K*
mu+mu- decay. Also the recent evidence for direct CP violation in singly
Cabibbo suppressed charm decays and its interpretation in the context of New
Physics models is briefly discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of "Les
Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste", La Thuile, Italy, February 26 -
March 3, 201
