GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF CORPORATE CRIME AND THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Mladen  M. Milošević

Authors

Mladen M. Milošević Факултет безбедности Београд

Keywords:

corporate criminal liability (criminal liability of legal persons); corporate crime; international law

Abstract

The fact that a large number of states have decided to start punishing corporations with criminal sanctions is the result of an objective examination of social reality, which has unequivocally shown that serious crimes are continually committed on behalf of and for the gain of legal persons, and that those acts inflict serious damage to states, society and individuals. The problem of corporate crime and the legal response to it has become a global and regional issue, which has led to the adoption of many conventions and other legal documents that commit or recommend the signatory states to introduce efficient sanctions for corporate crimes. The examples of corporate criminal conduct in this domain include cases of human rights violations in many regions. Review and analysis of the paradigmatic examples of threats and violations of human rights by corporate crime show that the criminal activities of legal entities in the fields of protection of life, liberty and security, political rights, the environment and human health, and the right to a safe and healthy work are highly dangerous and have distinctive international dimension. International law encourages the introduction of corporate liability for criminal offenses, which is an important step in the process of prevention and combating of crime and white-collar. If classic institutes of criminal law are unable to penetrate directly to the cleverly hidden beneficiaries of the crime, it is legitimate to resort to punishing corporations such indirect means which can prevent further growth of criminal profits and allow the return of at least some of the illegal gain and mitigate the social damage produced. However, the instruments of international law have limited possibilities in this process and the subjects of international politics should work on the development of new and more effective legal mechanisms for fighting international corporate crime.

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