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Comment: Companies can't expect French plea deals to put them entirely in the clear

By Martin Coyle ( March 9, 2018, 11:49 GMT | Comment) -- Two landmark French bribery plea deals appear to offer a tidy way for companies to move on from employees’ historical misdemeanors, but the companies concerned still have work to do: they face ongoing compliance scrutiny by France’s fledgling anti-corruption agency, the AFA, they will have to cover the costs of the monitoring, and any slip-ups could see their plea deals torn up.Two landmark French bribery plea deals appear to offer a tidy way for companies to move on from employees’ historical misdemeanors — but the story doesn’t quite end there....

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