Corruption and Bribery

The fight against corruption is one of the main aims of public prosecutors in the field of corporate crime these days. Corruption certainly poses a threat to society and everybody’s trust in a working and reliable economy. However, it is the gray area between strategic management decisions and prohibited business conduct that troubles corporations and defense counsels likewise. Highly motivated prosecutors in combination with a judicature that can only be called “opaque” makes it necessary for defense counsel – whether in cases of compliance or cases that have already caught the attention of a state’s attorney – to scrutinize each aspect of a case meticulously.