{"id":7995,"date":"2022-01-11T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.strafrecht.de\/corruption\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:23:42","slug":"corruption","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/en\/corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7995\" class=\"elementor elementor-7995 elementor-4273\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70ba194 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70ba194\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae069a2\" data-id=\"ae069a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7a4ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb7a4ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021_WUP_Website_2471-1260-1260x780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-landscape-1 size-landscape-1 wp-image-6742\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021_WUP_Website_2471-1260.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021_WUP_Website_2471-1260-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021_WUP_Website_2471-1260-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2021_WUP_Website_2471-1260-768x475.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41122b6\" data-id=\"41122b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b60cd5 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b60cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1580\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strafrecht.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2023_crf_WUP_7666_LoRes-1580x780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-landscape-2 size-landscape-2 wp-image-13084\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38230dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38230dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a6342\" data-id=\"55a6342\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c7a88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c7a88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fraud investigations are the nightmare of every corporation \u2013 with sometimes drastic consequences. Besides the penalty charges and forfeiture orders, the damage to public image and the effects of bad media coverage as well as the inevitable competition consequences hit a company particularly hard.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption proceedings are especially tough for the individuals affected \u2013 business managers, managers and department heads at the centre of the investigation. From a factual as well as a legal perspective they throw up a much more difficult question:<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings with international aspects are particularly complex, which have increased significantly in the past few years. The bribery of foreign officials and business partners is pursued ever more closely by German prosecutors. Despite all the problems of mutual judicial assistance, the authorities are strengthening their efforts to bring matters of international corruption to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the unambiguous cases of corruption there are cases that fall into a grey area. This includes bonus and incentive programmes as well as innovative purchase and distribution models. Their legal evaluation is difficult and uncertain due to the breadth and ambiguity of the relevant criminal offences.<\/p>\n<p>We advise companies and business people in connection with suspicions of corruption and support them in the reliable integration of business practices that can be fraught with risk. If there are investigations on charges of corruption, we develop an individual and precise defence strategy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe3d9f4\" data-id=\"fe3d9f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a58ca elementor-grid-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"c7a58ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;custom_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;custom_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;custom_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;custom_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;custom_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;custom_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.custom\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t      <div class=\"ecs-posts elementor-posts-container elementor-posts   elementor-grid elementor-posts--skin-custom\" data-settings=\"{&quot;current_page&quot;:1,&quot;max_num_pages&quot;:0,&quot;load_method&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;c7a58ca&quot;,&quot;post_id&quot;:7995,&quot;theme_id&quot;:7995,&quot;change_url&quot;:false,&quot;reinit_js&quot;:false}\">\n      <div class=\"elementor-posts-nothing-found\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraud investigations are the nightmare of every corporation \u2013 with sometimes drastic consequences. 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