US:
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- 15 USC § 78dd-1, Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers
- 15 USC § 78dd-2(g), Prohibited foreign trade practices by domestic concerns, Penalties
- 15 USC § 78dd-3(e), Prohibited foreign trade practices by persons other than issues or domestic concerns, Penalties
- 15 USC § 77ff, Penalties, Willful violations, Violations by issuers
- 18 USC § 3571, Sentence of fine
- Department of Justice
- Justice Manual 1-12.000 Coordination of Parallel Criminal, Civil, Regulatory, and Administrative Proceedings
- Justice Manual 9-13.000 Obtaining Evidence
- Justice Manual 9-28.000 Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations
- Justice Manual 9-47.000 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
- Memorandum, Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (updated June 2020)
- Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission, A Resource Guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Second Edition Chapters 5-7 (2020)
- Securities & Exchange Commission, Report of Investigation Pursuant to Section 21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Commission Statement on the Relationship of Cooperation to Agency Enforcement Decisions (Seaboard Report), Exchange Act Release No. 44969 (Oct. 23, 2001)
UK:
- Bribery Act 2010, c. 23 § 11, Penalties
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Crime and Courts Act 2013 Schedule 17, Deferred Prosecution Agreements
- SI 2015/102, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- Directive (EU) 2014/24, On public procurement
- Sentencing Council, Fraud, Bribery and Money Laundering Offences Definitive Guideline
- Ministry of Justice, The Bribery Act 2010 Guidance
- Serious Fraud Office, Deferred Prosecution Agreements Code of Practice
- Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Bribery Act 2010: Joint Prosecution Guidance
France
French Code of Criminal Procedure
Law n° 2016-1691 on Transparency, Fight Against Corruption and Economic Modernization, dated December 9, 2016 (the “Sapin II Law”)
Implementing regulations of the Sapin II Law:
- Regulation n° 2017-329, dated March 14, 2017 (on the French Anticorruption Agency)
- Regulation n° 2017-564, dated April 19, 2017 (on the whistleblowing mechanism)
- Regulation n° 2017-660, dated April 27, 2017 (on the French DPA)
The French Anticorruption Agency’s (AFA) Guidelines including:
Scope of Inspections Provided for by Art. 17 of the Sapin II Law / Inspections of Entities Subject to Article 17 of the Sapin II Law – Questionnaire and Documents to Be Provided / Charter of the Rights and Duties of Parties Involved in Inspections / Guidelines on the CJIP / Guidelines on the Implementation of the Judicial Convention of Public Interest (National Financial Prosecution Service (PNF) and AFA) / Guidelines on the AFA’s Control of the Enforcement of Judicial Measures / Guidelines on the Court-Imposed Implementation of an Anticorruption Program (Criminal Penalty)
Italy
- Legislative Decree No. 231 of June 8, 2001;
- Criminal Procedure Code (Presidential Decree No. 447 of September 22, 1988 and subsequent amendments);
- Legislative Decree No. 271 of July 28, 1989 regarding the implementation, coordination and transitional rules of the Criminal Procedure Code;
- Criminal Code (Royal Decree No. 1398 of October 19, 1930 and subsequent amendments;
- Legislative Decree No. 231 of November 21, 2007 on Anti-money Laundering regulations;
- Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, as subsequently modified and amended by Legislative Decree No. 101/2018 on Italian Data Protection;
- Confindustria Guidelines for drafting organizational, management and control models pursuant to Decree 231, as updated in June 2021;
- “Consolidated principles for the preparation of organizational models and the activity of the supervisory body and revision perspectives of Legislative Decree. June 8, 2001, no. 231” of the CNDCEC (Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili / National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts).