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Spotlight FRANCE Issue dated 22/12/2011

Corporate monitoring comes to France

In a piece of legislation that looks set to open up a lucrative new market for corporate monitors, a new law making it possible for French companies to plead guilty to corrupting government officials was approved by France's Constitutional Council [...] (533 words)

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