In case you are wondering whether you are allowed to send that bottle of wine to your favourite client or donate to a charity, read below.

With reference to our KNOETZL alert of January 19, 2017, we are again reminded that, whenever violations of criminal laws and internal compliance regulations by executives and directors of the company come to light ...

Because of these critical comments the proposed bill was retracted and revised by an expert commission.

The Austrian Supreme Court clarified in one of its latest decisions from 12 December 2018 that the criminal courts are not bound to the public prosecutor's legal subsumption of the facts and circumstances in its bill of indictment ...

The recent announcement that the immunity of FPÖ politician Christian Leyroutz has been suspended shows that neither politicians nor lawyers or even politicians who are lawyers are protected from prosecution.

KNOETZL's Bettina Knoetzl and Thomas Voppichler have contributed the Chapter on Law and Practice in Austria to the latest Chambers Global Practice Guide on White-Collar Crime.

According to the new regulations, an Austrian citizen or company can be prosecuted if the offence was committed abroad.

By 1 January 2014, any measure taken by the police within the pre-trial investigative phase of criminal proceedings which violates subjective rights of the affected person underlies the scrutiny of a judge at the regional criminal court.

The draft bill provided for two scenarios in which a contribution to costs could have been granted: termination of the pre-trial proceedings or acquittal after the trial.

The world is currently in a state of great turmoil as a result of, among other things, the effects of the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the global economy remains fragile.

Transparency International recently released its 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the globe by their perceived levels of public sector corruption...

House searches have been all over the news in Austria recently. In case you have been wondering what happens to your phone, laptop and tablet when the prosecutor comes knocking...

The success of a new leniency regime, as provided for in the Austrian Criminal Code as of 1 January 2011, will depend on whether it gives the whistleblower sufficient incentives to present themselves to the public prosecutor, and whether the regulation offers a high level of predictability for those involved in the case.

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2024 is out—and Austria's ranking is alarming.

Mit 1.1.2019 sind wesentliche Änderungen im Verwaltungsstrafrecht in Kraft getreten.

Transparency International's newly released Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 delivers cautiously positive news for Austria. With 69 points and a ranking of 21st globally, Austria has improved from last year's...

The debate around Section 153 of the Austrian Criminal Code, relating to the offence of breach of trust, is now entering the next round.

Bis 14.11.2022 können Sie das Interview hier nachhören: Korruptes Österreich..aus ExpertInnensicht | Guten Morgen Salzburg, 07.11. | Radio Salzburg | ORF-Radiothek...

Remember when phones were only for calling? Or when laptop computers were barely portable, tablets were basically science-fiction and clouds were only something you saw in the sky...

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