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“OPL 245” Case No. 3 · Part 1 · 27 October 2026

Without Fear or Favour

Two lines signed in Paris in 1997 forbid a foreign bribery investigation from being influenced by the national economic interest or by the identity of the persons involved. From the BAE case of 2006 to the Eni case today, a guide to reading.

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Environment

The criminal law of the environment: who poisons, who pays, who is never judged.

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231 · The company

Corporate liability for criminal offences: the “Paper Gold” series and the Fidelbo reform.

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Series “The Paper Gold of Decree 231” · Part 2
Paper Compliance, Gold for the Consultants
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Work and safety

A criminal law of labour that becomes a criminal law of the employer.

Pillar II of the Project · 19 August 2026
A Sisto Reform to Protect Labour? No. To Protect the Employer
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Artificial intelligence

Law 132 of 2025 and its criminal law of paper. The Project’s next chapter.

Russia · 27 September 2026
The Assisted Judge
The cards on the table · 2 September 2026
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Justice

Trials, acquittals, convictions: how the machinery of justice really works.

The De Pasquale and Spadaro judgment · 7 October 2026
The Public Prosecutor: a Character in Search of an Author?
The press and the courts · 25 August 2026
Intermittent Innocence
Counter-manifesto
Criminal liability is personal. Precisely.
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International cases

The crime of power beyond borders: the “OPL 245” and “Ungheria” (Hungary) cases.

“OPL 245” Case No. 3 · Part 1
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“Ungheria” Case No. 2 · Part 0
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Dossier · In preparation
The false conspiracy
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Theory

The categories for reading the crimes of the powerful: the criminology we lack.

Essay · The Morandi Trial
The Bridge Built Backwards
Criminology
The Science of the Crimes of the Powerful
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External contributions: jurists, journalists and technical experts writing with us.

Contribution · Claudia Marcolungo
Industrial and Environmental Disasters and Corporate Anonymity
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