First Half of 2026

White collar Cirme and Investigations

We are pleased to present the White Collar Crime and Investigations practice’s new Newsletter, a publication that analyses the main judicial and legislative developments in the field of economic criminal law. This first edition covers the first half of 2026.

This Newsletter covers:

Selection of draft legislation and regulatory developments

A. White Collar Crime

Directive (EU) 2026/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2026 on combatting corruption

Proposal to amend Directive 2014/41/EU – creation of the European Remote Participation Order (“ERPO”)

Draft Organic Law on Public Integrity

Preliminary Draft Law on European Production and Preservation Orders (e-Evidence)

B. Compliance and the prevention of money laundering

Comprehensive reform of the Spanish framework for the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism

SEPBLAC: guide to best practices for reducing de-risking

Whistleblower Protection

C. International Sanctions

Draft Organic Law amending the Criminal Code to transpose Directive (EU) 2024/1226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures and amending Directive (EU) 2018/1673

Approval of the 20th and 21st packages of EU sanctions against Russia

Selection of new case law developments

A. White Collar Crime

Corporate offences: the offence of withholding corporate information under Article 293 of the Criminal Code covers only the withholding of information that is manifest and relevant

Document forgery: energy supply contracts are commercial documents for the purposes of Article 392 of the Criminal Code

Tax offences: limitation period

B. Compliance and the criminal liability of legal entities

Compliance programmes must also place senior management under effective oversight

Acquittal of a legal entity: the conviction of a director does not automatically transfer criminal liability to the company

C. International Sanctions

Freezing of trust funds and EU restrictive measures: the criterion is the actual capacity to use or exercise influence over the assets, not formal ownership

You can read the full Newsletter here or downloading the PDF.