Webinar: What's in it for the victims when white-collar criminal prosecutions end in negotiated settlements?
A new working paper by the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators looks at procedures for compensating victims in the context of non-conviction criminal case resolutions in six countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany and Switzerland.
Plea deals, deferred prosecution agreements and other conviction-avoidance mechanisms can result in huge fines being paid to wealthy countries while victims look on – a jarring spectacle.
What’s wrong with the system? What needs to be fixed?
Join Academy Fellows and the Basel Institute on Governance to explore the issues, with a deep dive into the situation in Latin America, the U.S., Switzerland and France.
Opening remarks: Lincoln Caylor, Bennett Jones and Academy Co-Founder
Moderator: Jonathan Spicer, Basel Institute on Governance
Panelists:
- Stéphane Bonifassi, Bonifassi Avocats & Academy Co-Founder
- Oscar Solórzano, Basel Institute on Governance
- Prof. Wolfgang Spoerr, Hengeler Mueller
- Prof. Karen Woody, Washington & Lee School of Law
Closing remarks: Elizabeth Ortega, ECO Strategic Communications & Academy Co-Founder
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