Planning offences and environmental offences

These include acts that breach regulations governing land use planning, town and country planning, and the protection of the natural environment.

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Planning offences and environmental offences

Crimes against flora, fauna and domestic animals

Articles 332 to 337 bis of the Penal Code regulate crimes related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals, which punish conduct related to the protection of plants and animals, as well as mistreatment and abandonment of domestic animals.

Planning offences and environmental offences

Environmental crimes

Crimes against the environment and natural resources are regulated in articles 325 to 331 of the Penal Code, which regulate different types of crimes that we will see below.

Planning offences and environmental offences

Crimes against historical heritage

They penalize conduct that affects certain assets which, due to their historical, cultural, scientific or technical nature, are considered especially valuable to society

Planning offences and environmental offences

Crimes against urban planning

To determine whether conduct constitutes an urban planning offense under the Penal Code, it is also necessary to know the current administrative regulations

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Further criminal law services

Crimes against the person

Defence in cases involving offences such as murder, assault or threats, protecting clients’ rights through robust and tailored legal strategies.

Offences against personal liberty

Assistance in cases of unlawful detention, coercion or threats, ensuring the protection of fundamental rights and an effective defence.

Offences against privacy

Offences against privacy involve unlawful actions that violate an individual’s personal space, data, or confidential information. These include unauthorized surveillance, data breaches, and misuse of personal information.

Offences against sexual freedom

The Criminal Code distinguishes between sexual assault and sexual abuse. In both cases, the victim was subjected to sexual acts without their consent

Offences against family relations

Offences against family relations encompass a range of acts that directly affect the rights and duties arising from family life, such as failure to fulfil maintenance obligations, child abduction or family abandonment, amongst others.

Property offences

Property offences encompass a wide range of unlawful acts that affect people’s assets and property, such as robbery, theft, fraud, embezzlement, damage to property or financial fraud.

Offences against the Public Administration

These include conduct that undermines the proper functioning of institutions and the impartial exercise of public office.

Offences against the administration of justice

Offences that directly undermine confidence in the judicial system and the proper conduct of criminal proceedings, and which may therefore have significant legal consequences.

Offences against public health and safety

Behaviour that puts the life, physical safety or health of the general public at risk. This includes actions that may affect a large group of people, such as the sale of dangerous products, serious breaches of health regulations or the release of harmful substances.

Corporate and business offences

Corporate and business offences refer to illegal activities carried out by companies or individuals within an organization to gain financial or competitive advantage. They include fraud, corruption, money laundering, and regulatory violations.

Offences against public order

Offences against public order encompass conduct that disrupts social harmony, peaceful coexistence among citizens or the normal functioning of institutions. These include public disturbances, resistance to or disobedience of authority, and other acts that may give rise to situations of tension or insecurity in public spaces.

Prison law

Prison law comprises the body of legal provisions governing the enforcement of custodial sentences and measures imposed as a result of criminal offences. These provisions are set out primarily in the General Prison Act and are aimed, in general terms, at the rehabilitation and social reintegration of individuals sentenced to custodial sentences, as well as their custody and detention.

International criminal law

In the field of criminal law, there are many cases where comprehensive legal advice is required, and which demand a thorough understanding of international and EU criminal law in order to apply it correctly.

Criminal compliance

Design and implementation of corporate compliance programmes for businesses, preventing crime and reducing legal risks and corporate liability.

Criminal proceedings

Advice and legal representation at every stage of criminal proceedings, from the initial investigation through to trial, appeals and the enforcement of sentences.