Department of Justice Officials Deliver Remarks at American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime.

“Our goal is to empower companies to do the right thing, by investing in compliance, in culture and in good corporate citizenship — while at the same time empowering our prosecutors to hold accountable those who don’t follow the law.”

-Deputy Attorney General Lisa O Monaco

“The Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, for example, secured more individual convictions at trial last year than in any of the previous five years. So, our message is clear: the department will zealously pursue corporate crime in any industry, and we will hold wrongdoers accountable, no matter how prominent or powerful they are. And to that end, I will close with this, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Investing now in a robust compliance program is good for business, and it is good for our collective economic and national security.”

-Deputy Attorney General Lisa O Monaco

“To be truly effective community problem-solvers, we have to broaden our sense of community. Crime does not limit itself by country or region. Corruption’s corrosive effects are global, with the world’s poor often bearing the brunt. Bribery threatens our collective security by undermining the rule of law and providing a breeding ground for other crime and authoritarian rule.”

-Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr.

“...Community problem-solving requires more than just prosecuting crime after it happens. To truly solve a problem is to prevent it from occurring, which is our ultimate goal in our fight against crime. That is why we continually refine our policies to incentivize ethical behavior, providing transparency for the public, the business community, and counsel as to what we expect, and what will happen when our expectations are not met.”

-Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr.

Assistant Attorney General Olsen also participated in a panel discussion on Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement Agenda: A Look at Legal and Policy Initiatives. He announced details about resources the department is committing to enforce sanctions and export controls violations.

“One of the things that we’re doing is trying to highlight the intersection between national security and the enforcement against corporate actors and learning how we can ensure that when corporate actors are taking steps that implicate national security that we’re bringing our best learning to bear...(we’re) working with corporations, but are also willing to bring the full weight of the criminal law when there are violations.”

-Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen