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sanctions system). The system is used to suspend and debar contractors that have engaged in fraud or corruption (and other … enumerated bad acts) related to Bank-financed projects. After reviewing the sanctions process, and identifying what appear to be … the Bank's current goals in its sanctions system (stemming reputational and fiduciary risks), the article recommends that …
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When they were discovered in 1999, the 16 vitamins cartels were probably the largest, most harmful, and harshest sanctioned international cartels of the late 20th century. Still today, the vitamins cartels are cited by antitrust authorities as the outstanding example of an enforcement action...
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financing the criminal justice system by introducing positive sanctions, which are benefits conferred to non …-convicts. Specifically, it proposes a procedure wherein a part of the imprisonment budget is re-directed towards financing positive sanctions … rate, the effectiveness of positive sanctions, and how accurately the government can direct positive sanctions towards …
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There is growing recognition that economic sanctions — fines, surcharges, fees, and restitution — are routinely imposed … perception that economic sanctions are unfairly punitive to people of limited means. Concerns triggered primarily by highly … particular, this Article focuses on a potential reform with increasing bipartisan support: the graduation of economic sanctions …
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This article - written for a symposium on comparative criminal law - discusses whether sanctions for economic crime … have become excessive in the Danish context either in absolute terms or in comparison with sanctions for crimes involving … optimal levels of sanctions and enforcement of crime. In the second part, I compare actual levels of sanctions in Denmark for …
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recently to focus on the harmonization of procedure and sanctions, and in January 2016, the European Parliament called for … penalties against natural persons. This special issue looks at the current state of individual sanctions on the EU Member State … level, examines from a comparative perspective the institutional challenges which these individual sanctions present …
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This chapter describes the status quo of criminal enforcement in selected Member States of the European Union and discusses the desirability of criminal enforcement of competition law from a policy perspective. It concludes that at least in Germany the introduction of a criminal offence for...
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Collateral sanctions are legal restrictions on the rights and privileges of people who have experienced contact with …, collateral sanctions may limit a person’s ability to vote, live in public housing, own a firearm, qualify for an occupational …, and imposed by civil servants with wide leeway in their interpretation of rules, American collateral sanctions are varied …
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whole, and on the individual participants' perspectives. Sanctions by the Bundeskartellamt in the last decade provide … covered either by compensation payments, or criminal sanctions. If custodial sentences were based on the probability of zero …. In light of these estimates, the practicality of achieving a sufficient degree of deterrence through criminal sanctions …
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