White-Collar Crime 2025

POLAND

Lithuania

Poland

Belarus

Warsaw

Law and Practice Contributed by: Tomasz Konopka, Katarzyna Randzio-Sajkowska, Katarzyna Stradomska- Balcerzyk and Michał Zieliński Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Ukraine

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Contents 1. Criminal Law p.228

4. Pleas and Defences p.242 4.1 White-Collar Defences p.242 4.2 De Minimis p.242 4.3 Plea Agreements, Co-Operation, Self-Disclosure and Leniency p.243 4.4 Whistle-Blower Protection p.243

1.1 Criminal Offences p.228 1.2 Burden of Proof p.229 1.3 Statute of Limitations p.230 1.4 Extraterritorial Reach and Cross-Border Co-Operation p.230 1.5 Corporate and Personal Liability p.230 1.6 Sentencing and Penalties p.231 1.7 Damages and Compensation p.232 2. Enforcement p.232 2.1 White-Collar Enforcement Authorities p.232 2.2 Initiating an Investigation p.232 2.3 Powers of Investigation p.232 2.4 Use of Technology in Investigations p.233 2.5 Internal Investigations p.233 2.6 Prosecution p.234 2.7 Deferred Prosecution p.234 3. White-Collar Offences p.235

4.5 Cross-Border Defence Strategies p.244 5. Key Trends and Future Outlook p.245 5.1 The Year Ahead p.245

3.1 Criminal Company Law and Corporate Fraud p.235 3.2 Bribery, Influence Peddling and Related Offences p.236 3.3 Anti-Bribery Regulation p.236 3.4 Insider Dealing, Market Abuse and Criminal Banking Law p.237 3.5 Tax Fraud p.237 3.6 Financial Record-Keeping p.237 3.7 Cartels and Criminal Competition Law p.238 3.8 Consumer Criminal Law p.238 3.9 Cybercrimes, Computer Fraud and Protection of Company Secrets p.239 3.10 Financial/Trade/Customs Sanctions p.239 3.11 Concealment p.240

3.12 Aiding and Abetting p.240 3.13 Money Laundering p.240 3.14 ESG-Related Offences p.240

3.15 Artificial Intelligence and Automation Misuse p.241 3.16 Crypto-Assets and Digital Currency Crimes p.241

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