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The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

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The Law Show: Deferred Prosecution Agreements: pragmatic but unprincipled?

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Deferred Prosecution Agreements: pragmatic but unprincipled?

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Deferred Prosecution Agreements: pragmatic but unprincipled?

Why is large-scale fraud so hard to prosecute? Joshua Rozenberg investigates.

Earlier this year, Airbus was ordered to pay billions in fines in a deferred prosecution agreement.  But Airbus has not been convicted of any crimes. Joshua Rozenberg investigates.

Earlier this year, Airbus was ordered to pay nearly €1bn by a criminal court in London. The penalty, for failure to prevent bribery, was more than twice the fines paid by defendants in England and Wales for the whole of 2018. In addition, the global aerospace company was required to pay fines totalling €2.6bn in France and the United States. But Airbus has not been convicted of any crimes and nobody has gone to prison. Joshua Rozenberg Investigates deferred prosecution agreements. 

Contributors:
Tim Bowden, partner, Dechert
Alex Brummer, City editor of the Daily Mail
Toby Duthie, co-founder, Forensic Risk Alliance
Duncan Hames, director of policy, Transparency International
Laura Haywood, case controller, Serious Fraud Office
Eric Russo, prosecutor, Parquet National Financier
Janette Rutterford, emeritus professor of finance and financial history, Open University Business School

Researcher: Diane Richardson
Producer: Neil Koenig

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