penal code Germany business government :
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Laws / criminal offence (finance, business)

obligation to disclose problem information

§ 400 Aktiengesetz: If members of the board of directors or of the supervisory boad do not disclose information about problems of the company: Up to 3 years of imprisonment. (Sofern Vorstandsmitgliedern und Aufsichtsräten die Lage ihres Unternehmens verschleiern, drohen bis zu drei Jahre Gefängnis.)

obligation to pay small penalties - while not having the money

Statistics in Berlin area (German federal state of Berlin, approx. 3 million habitants) for the first crisis year 2008: From the individuals in jail in Berlin-Plötzensee: (more precisely, mostly these persons were unable to pay for public transport, or were unable to pay the penalty).

no obligation to pay huge penalties - while having the money, but apparently, there was no law violated

During the same time, the public prosecutor for this Berlin area (the Oberstaatsanwalt D.) told the press that no complainte against politicians (members of government or members of parliament) for political decisions ever terminated with a condamnation. (It would have to be analyzed in detail which type of matters is covered by this statement. )

The public banks in Germany which lost approximately 50 billion Euros (in German terms: "50 Milliarden" Euros), these banks were and are mainly managed and supervised by politicians.

Did German citizens know and want that these banks took part in worldwide financial casino gaming? Did the regulative framework of these banks authorize significant participation in worldwide financial casino gambling?
Did this framework authorize tax-avoidance schemes by using tax-exempted offshore companies?

Perhaps coming soon: Various additional typical inexisting criminal offences by leading persons