Corporate Crime update – Winter 2021

Welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Read more

Corporate Crime update – Summer 2021

Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Read more

Corporate Crime update – November 2020

Welcome to the November 2020 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Read more

Corporate Crime update – August 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Read more

Corporate Crime update – Spring 2020

Welcome to the Spring 2020 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Read more

German Ministry of Justice releases official draft Corporate Sanctions Act

Germany is progressing towards a corporate sanctions law addressing the criminal conduct of companies, regarding executive bodies, managers and employees acting on behalf of the company. After the Federal Ministry of Justice unofficially released its draft "Act on the Sanctioning of Associations-Related Offences" ("Verbandssanktionengesetz", "VerSanG") in August 2019, we reported on the expected legislative changes in corporate criminal liability and internal investigations in Germany. On 22 April 2020, the Ministry of Justice officially published its (revised) draft bill. Read more