International corruption threatens democracies everywhere. Oligarchs and others attempting to preserve their ill-gotten gains use financial institutions in developed economies in corruptive ways. How well do anti-money laundering laws and anti-bribery laws deal with these challenges? This session will discuss a specific case involving European corporations helping a corrupt Nigerian politician.

Professor Larry Diamond of Stanford University Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law moderates a panel discussion with Professor Kevin Davis of New York University School of Law, Assistant United States Attorney Alexander Wilson of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and Professor Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The panelists are joined by additional discussants Professor Jennifer Taub of the Western New England School of Law, Professor Mark Mizruchi, journalist Martin Wolf of the Financial Times, Professor Karthik Ramana of the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government, and Professor Joe Grundfest of Stanford Law School.

This is Session 5 of the Corporations and Democracy Conference, December 7-9, 2020. The full program and additional links are available here: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/c...

Watch the Introduction to the Conference:    • Corporations and Democracy Conference...  
Watch Session 1 on Corporations and their Political Voice:    • Corporate Legal Rights and Democracy  
Watch Session 2 on Corporations and Money in Politics:    • Corporations and Money in Politics  
Watch Session 3 on Expertise, Incentives, and “Thin Political Markets”:    • Expertise, Incentives, and “Thin Poli...  
Watch Session 4 on Corporations, Media, and Truth:    • Corporations, Media, and Truth  
Watch Session 6 on Corporations and the Justice System:    • Corporations and the Justice System