Over the past two decades, the enforcement of anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering and anti-terrorism-financing regulations has become increasingly challenging for multinational corporations. Bribery and money laundering scandals have the potential to take down entire multinational corporations....

This paper explores how compliance proves to be an effective shield against corporate criminal liability claims. In addition, it outlines how a coherent and comprehensive compliance program can help save a company from any wrongdoing and often mitigate or even exclude its liability for the...