Responsabilidad penal de las empresas multinacionales por delitos de corrupción en las transacciones comerciales internacionales y ne bis in idem

  1. Isidoro Blanco Cordero 1
  1. 1 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

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Revista:
Revista electrónica de ciencia penal y criminología

ISSN: 1695-0194

Año de publicación: 2020

Número: 22

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Revista electrónica de ciencia penal y criminología

Resumen

Tradicionalmente los Estados Unidos de América han sido los líderes mundiales en la persecución extraterritorial de la corrupción en las transacciones comerciales internacionales, procesando a las empresas multinacionales por delitos cometidos fuera de sus fronteras. Esta expansiva normativa está tratando de ser contrarrestada por la de otros Estados (Reino Unido, Francia) que han ampliado notablemente el alcance extraterritorial de su normativa penal anticorrupción. Esta situación eleva el riesgo de que una multinacional sea perseguida de forma reiterada por los mismos hechos de corrupción en las transacciones comerciales internacionales. Es conveniente, por ello, explicar la situación actual y ofrecer soluciones que limiten los efectos adversos de estas persecuciones múltiples.

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