Criminal offences are increasingly being included in financial regulatory statutes and dozens of new legislations. These include initiatives covering privacy, data protection, competition law, intellectual property, food safety, foreign exchange regulation, tax, securities, insolvency and almost everything else from airports to zoos.

The incursion of criminal law into regulatory regimes underscores the state’s inability to achieve compliance with the rule of law without stiff penalties. This panel will discuss the above issues from an international perspective, exploring inter alia the crossborder application of law, fugitives and multi-jurisdictional enforcement problems not only to trace the offender but also to discourage the commission of an offence by non-resident and untethered entities.