White Collar Crime – Overview of the Most Frequently Encountered Criminal Offences

Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of Luxembourg white‑collar criminal law, including individual and corporate liability

• Identify the most frequently encountered economic and financial offences and the company’s potential exposure as suspect or victim

• Recognise red flags and apply preventive and detection measures, including compliance frameworks and whistleblowing mechanisms

• Respond appropriately to suspected offences, investigations or enforcement actions, including internal investigations and interactions with authorities

Content

Key concepts of Luxembourg criminal law (White Collar)

• Fundamentals of criminal liability for individuals and legal entities
• Intention, negligence, and the concept of “participation”
• The role of compliance, internal procedures, and documentation
• The difference with civil, administrative and regulatory liability
• Corporate liability & the position of directors and employees

Economic crime

• Statistics; national and international aspects
• What distinguishes economic crime from classic offences
• The company – as a possible suspect or victim of economic crime
• Enforcement trends and priorities

Specific offences

• Forgery and Use of Forged Documents
• Corruption and Influence Peddling
• Fraud and Abuse of Trust; Misuse of corporate assets
• Cybercrime
• Bankruptcy Related Offences
• Professional secrecy
• Money laundering and AML obligations
• Specific sectors: company law, employment & social law, environment, market abuse & insider dealing
• Specific sectors: banking & finance, investment funds, industry, …

Prevention, detection and mitigation of consequences

• Internal policies & procedures: code of conduct, ABC policy, AML framework, conflict‑of‑interest rules, …
• Whistleblowing: internal policy; handling alerts
• Red flags and indicators for most frequent crimes
• Employee surveillance: possibilities & limits
• Internal investigations
• Preparedness: dawn raids & seizures, crisis team and communication, interaction with authorities
• Possible angles of criminal defence; criminal settlement

Case studies

Speakers

Our speakers belong to both our specialised and complementary teams and as such cover all legal, regulatory, taxation and advisory aspects of doing business in Luxembourg. We invite you to check our training agenda where the speakers are listed on each training session.

Target audience

​Managers, in-house legal counsels and compliance officers.

Languages

English, Français

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