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EU: Jailing the bankers: the new EU Directive on criminal penalties for market abuse

04 February 2014

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"It must come as a relief to EU politicians to find that there is still one group in society which is much less popular than they are: the bankers. Indeed, bankers’ unpopularity has only grown as the austerity caused by the global financial crisis has an ever-greater impact on ordinary people in many Member States."

See the full text: Jailing the bankers: the new EU Directive on criminal penalties for market abuse (EU Law analysis, link)

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