I have recently had the honour to give a lecture within the scientific event organised at the University Bicocca in Milan on 15 November 2018. The event was entitled "US and UK deferred prosecution agreements: a comparative analysis" and consisted of a series of lectures in the area of Criminal Procedure, Comparative Criminal Procedure, and Corporate Criminal Liability. The lectures, which were organised by Prof. Oliviero Mazza and Elisabetta Spanio, enjoyed the participation of the distinguished colleague Prof. Charles D. Weisselberg (Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley).