Economic criminal law is a general term that covers a collection of administrative offences and criminal provisions that are typically related to or connected with economic business activities. Classic offences include fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, bribery and corruption. For companies, violations of supervisory duties under the Administrative Offences Act are also included. Many of the offences are very specific and arise only from ancillary criminal law, in some cases only in conjunction with European directives or regulations (e.g. in foreign trade criminal law, food criminal law or environmental criminal law, which refer dynamically or statically to corresponding European legal acts).
