Italian Report on Individual Liability for Business Involvement in International Crimes

Abstract

The study is the Italian national report on the issue of the international criminal liability of individuals responsible for corporations discussed in section I of the XX AIDP Congress. The report underline that the Italian experience contribute to this issue with respect to the general discipline of individual complicity to crimes. Furthermore, it contribute with respect to the application of such general norms to cases in which criminal organizations infiltrate economic activity, through means of close ties with entrepreneurs who profit from relationships with criminal groups. Lastly, it assist with corporate criminal liability for crimes committed by its managers, at least with respect to the identification of individual positions that are relevant in determining criminal charges to the corporation.