How Chile’s Economic Crimes Law Expands Corporate and Individual Liability

Companies doing business in Chile need to prepare for more expansive, and more aggressively enforced, liability provisions for white-collar crimes, as well as heightened compliance expectations, that are due to come into effect in the fall of 2024. Chile’s 2023 Economic Crimes Law, Law No. 21,595 (ECL), expands the range of criminal offenses for which a company can be held liable and introduces both personal liability for senior leaders at companies and new environmental offenses. The Anti-Corruption Report spoke to Chilean attorneys to better understand the ECL’s impact and what companies need to do to prepare. See “Conducting Effective Third-Party Due Diligence in Latin America” (Mar. 1, 2023).

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