France Moves to Boost Its White Collar Enforcement

13 July 2021
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Key takeaways:
  • French MPs just published a long-awaited evaluation report about France’s anti-corruption law of December 9, 2016.
  • They make 50 recommendations covering interesting topics including the expansion of the French-style deferred prosecution agreement and French extraterritorial enforcement of corruption crimes.
  • These recommendations generally go in the right direction of strengthening the French white collar enforcement landscape. It now remains to be seen what the French government will actually make of it.