corporate criminals

On March 1, 2018, DOJ attorneys, speaking at the ABA's annual White Collar Crime Conference, indicated that DOJ may consult the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy for guidance in other areas of corporate criminal prosecution when assessing whether voluntary self-disclosure may justify declination.

These are just two of Bloomberg's five “Most Read” stories this morning. Switch to the Financial Times and Vasant Prabhu, the chief financial officer of Visa – the world's biggest payment network by market value – is quoted as saying the cryptocurrency is used by “every crook and dirty politician” and ...

A new Penal Code (the “New Penal Code”) came into effect in Vietnam on January 1, 2018. Important for foreign and domestic investors alike, the New Penal Code introduces a number of provisions on corporate criminal liability and anti-corruption, increasing the risks for businesses in the country.

“Throughout my criminal law practice, studies and procedures, there is a principle under Corporate Criminal Liability which we are yet to introduce into our jurisprudence in Ghana. What normally happens is that if someone works with a company and has committed a crime in the name of that company, you ...

This case is of considerable importance in emphasizing not only the appetite of the U.K. authorities to pursue corporate prosecutions, but also the high hurdle to be satisfied in order to achieve "adequate procedures" and to avoid corporate criminal liability, which can be additional to individual liability in ...

The regular reporting of corporate criminality is now a common sight in recent times. Cases such as the Rolls Royce deferred prosecution agreement, which resulted in a penalty of £497.25 million made national news. Likewise, the recent sham football apprentice case, which led to conviction for a £5 ...

The Canadian government has announced the results of its public consultation on corporate criminal wrongdoing and enforcement, which received written submissions from businesses, individuals, NGOs, and law firms, including Baker McKenzie. The government revealed that a majority of participants in ...

The New Penal Code also introduces corporate criminal liability for a variety of crimes. Importantly, however, corporate criminal liability does not extend to corruption in the new law. For both private-sector and public-sector corruption offenses, only individuals can be punished. With that in mind, the law ...

"Many businesses are not taking the issue seriously enough. This is a risky strategy as one rogue individual could expose the business to serious adverse publicity and a criminal conviction could prevent a business from bidding for government contracts," Catherine Robins said. Two new offences were ...

Since 2 March 2018, corporate criminal liability law (Law 27,401) is in force. Legal entities will be subject to sanctions in these offenses against the Public Administration and/or corruption: (i) national and transnational bribery and influence peddling; (ii) improper and unlawful transactions of public officials; ...