It began to provide clients with assessments of political and criminal risk; executive protection, also known as bodyguarding; and K. & R. — kidnapping prevention and, in the event of failure, ransom negotiations.
"Steven and Brendan, their families and their legal and investigative teams have once again graciously granted us access, giving us a window into the complex web of American criminal justice," executive producers, writers and directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos said in a release. .
At those criminal trials executives often blamed reporters while reporters blamed executives, and many escaped conviction.
But when it comes to immigrants arrested for criminal activity, the executive order ensures cooperation with federal authorities.
"This is the only country where people who are successfully creating value have to go to court," Mr. Ackermann told reporters at the Düsseldorf Regional Court before the start of Germany's first criminal trial over executive pay.
They would be entitled to their pension for service leading up to the first instance of criminal activity, assistant executive officer Robert Hill said.
But such notices are unusual for other criminals, said Deborah Jacobs, executive director of the New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union.
Still, until recent years, few foreign countries imposed criminal liability on executives for price-fixing.
Under the criminal charges, Olympus executives could face up to 10 years in prison, or a fine of up to ¥10 million, or nearly $125,000, lawyers said.
Some legal experts say they believe the loss made the Justice Department more circumspect about filing criminal cases against executives at the nation's largest banks.
