Pros and cons of Deferred Prosecution Agreements
recommended in the State Capture Report
Newzroom Afrika | In conversation with Tabitha Paine, Senior Attorney at Open Secrets | 8 January 2022
The state capture commission’s first report was released this week. It includes a recommendation to use deferred prosecution agreements for companies implicated in State Capture. Deferred Prosecution Agreements are terms entered into by a company or person and the state where there is evidence that the entity or person committed a crime. They allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution, in a process that is usually not public or transparent, in exchange for paying back the money, a fine and sometimes for the provision of information.
Senior Attorney at Open Secrets Tabitha Paine, discusses the pros and cons of these DPA’s in the report here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnJTVmBKl9g
