Critical evaluation of the regulation and use of the conditional suspension of proceedings in the framework of the criminal prosecution of corporations for the crime of bribery in Chile
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https://doi.org/10.22197/rbdpp.v9i2.835Keywords:
Negotiated settlements, investigation of corporate criminality, criminal liability of corporations, effectiveness of the criminal reaction, Conditional suspensions of proceedingsAbstract
This research offers a critical evaluation of the use, by the Public Prosecutor's Office in Chile, of "conditional suspensions of proceedings" in the investigation and prosecution of corporations for bribery offenses committed in their interest by their members. For this purpose, the Anglo-American literature specialized in the use of "negotiated agreements" as a strategy against corporate crime is analyzed, with the purpose of offering a series of criteria that would facilitate such an evaluation in view of the objectives that should guide the use of such agreements as a form of state reaction. The research concludes by identifying a series of possible improvements that could be incorporated into Chilean practice to enhance the coherence of the use of such agreements with the objectives previously identified.
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