This law introduced the concept of legal entities’ direct criminal liability for a series of crimes – i.e. crimes against the Public Adminis tration (corruption and extortion, etc.), corporate crimes (false financial reporting, etc.), market-abuse crimes (abuse of privileged information and market rigging), crimes concerning occupational safety, and the crimes of receiving and laundering – committed by their directors, mana gers, or employees in the interest of, or benefiting, the legal entities concerned.