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Corruption allegations often affect entrepreneurs in seemingly normal situations. The article explains the difference between private sector corruption (\u00a7 299 StGB) and official corruption (\u00a7\u00a7 331, 333 StGB), presents typical practical cases, and explains available defense approaches during investigations \u2013 from the lack of agreement on illegality to the dismissal of proceedings.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf-created":[30],"class_list":["post-6972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","acf-created-ja"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKorruption im Unternehmen: Strafbarkeit und Verteidigung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00a7\u00a7 299, 333 StGB: private und Beh\u00f6rdenkorruption mit Praxisbeispielen, Strafrahmen und Verteidigungsans\u00e4tzen erkl\u00e4rt.\" 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