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Corporate liability 231 sanctions

Avv. Massimo Romano · updated 18/08/2026

Corporate liability 231 sanctions is decided by the provision below, by how the facts are qualified, and by what is done in the first weeks. Sentence, criminal record and right of residence follow from that. We answer on your own facts, at any hour, and you need not be in Italy.

Provision: D.lgs. 231/2001, artt. 9-13
Checked 18/08/2026.

What this page covers

Whether Corporate liability 231 sanctions ends in a conviction, and with what sentence, depends on how the facts are qualified and on decisions taken in the first weeks — long before any trial.

Governing provision: D.lgs. 231/2001, artt. 9-13

The questions that decide the outcome

  • What you are facing in custodial terms
  • Financial exposure
  • Your options
  • If this involves your company

What people ask us about this

  • Can a company go to prison in Italy?
  • What fines can an Italian company face under 231?

Avv. Massimo Romano — Italian criminal defence lawyer, Naples Bar no. 14553, admitted to plead before the Court of Cassation since 23 October 2015.

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