The Government is to press ahead with controversial reforms to usher in plea bargaining for corporates in what legal advisers regard as a major step towards US-style white collar crime enforcement in the UK. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today (23 October) said that it would legislate to bring in so-called deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the UK in what the ministry dubbed an "important new tool to combat economic crime".
October 23, 2012 at 08:40 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The Government is to press ahead with controversial reforms to usher in plea bargaining for corporates in what legal advisers regard as a major step towards US-style white collar crime enforcement in the UK.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today (23 October) said that it would legislate to bring in so-called deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the UK in what the ministry dubbed an “important new tool to combat economic crime”.
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