CRIMINAL LAW

This department covers all areas of Criminal Law.

• Homicide and variations of
• Injury
• Abortions and genetic manipulations

• Family conflicts
• Proceedings for the protection of freedom and life in and outside the family.

• Slander and libel
• Crimes against freedom as well as sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and abuse
• Coercion, threats, illegal detentions, kidnapping and all types of extortion

• Professional negligence in the fields of medicine, construction, industry and other professional spheres

• Fraud such as misrepresentation and misappropriated funds
• Bankruptcy involving criminal negligence (fraudulent conveyance)
• Crimes relating to intellectual and industrial property, the market and consumers
• Bank fraud in obtaining credit or in its method of payment

• Crimes between majority and minority members, dummy majorities, unlawful administration, false accounting and fraudulent management
• Money laundering with social security and public funds

• Corporate compliance programs: internal mechanisms implemented by companies to detect and prevent criminal conduct from ocurring within the corporation

• Crimes against workers rights derived from workplace accidents resulting in injuries or death, and conflicts between company and employee

• Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• Reckless driving resulting in physical or material damage

• Proceedings for natural resources and the environment relating to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals and noise pollution
• Unlawful practices pertaining to the breach of land-use laws and historical patrimony

• Protection of honour, privacy and the discovery and publicising of secrets, with special relevance given to the infraction of said rights via communication systems

• Influence-peddling, bribery, false testimony, perverting the course of justice, prevarication and all types of corruption in public administration