“The Swiss system is lagging behind.” The finding comes from the first prosecutor Yves Bertossa, invited to discuss negotiated criminal justice on Thursday. At this table, brought together by the university and the Geneva Bar Association, all the participants are convinced of the need to have an arsenal allowing them to compromise, for example, in major cases of international corruption or money laundering. Snippets of instruments exist here, but nothing comparable to the American Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) or the French Convention Judiciaire d’Interet Publique (CJIP), which make it possible to impose fines and compliance checks on companies at fault without go through the box of a conviction.
