In this edition of the anti-bribery and anti-corruption review, you will find an incisive overview of the legal and regulatory frameworks established to combat white-collar crime in major jurisdictions. With a focus on the practical implications of recent enforcement trends and policies, our lawyers examine key issues such as domestic and foreign bribery, associated offenses including money laundering, and best practices for internal compliance programs.
The National Economic Prosecutor (FNE) has recently issued two internal guidelines with the objective of providing legal certainty to economic agents who intend to merge, and who must require prior authorization from the FNE for such purposes, to provide predictability to such process and a rapid response.
On November 20, 2018, Law 21,121 was published (the “Law”), which introduced various modifications to Chilean criminal law on crimes against corruption, increasing the punishment of certain existing crimes and incorporating new criminal offenses to Chilean legislation. The Law has the following thrusts: (i) New criminal sanction In the first…