Criminal Procedure

Criminal procedure is a process that regulates criminal liability for offenses. This means that in criminal proceedings, it is determined whether a given entity is guilty of committing a crime, that is, an act that is so harmful that the entity should not only repair the damage caused but also be somehow stigmatized or even isolated from the rest of society.

Offenses are acts that can appear in every sphere of society’s functioning. These can be the commonly known ones, such as robbery, possession of drugs, theft, human trafficking, but also those that disrupt economic activity (money laundering, exploitation of a counterparty) and those that violate fiscal regulations (fiscal offenses).

Criminal proceedings are intended to enforce the liability of the guilty party on one hand, and to compensate the injured party on the other.

Being aware of the current wording of the criminal law provisions and knowing what is subject to criminal liability, as well as what the rules of criminal procedure are, is useful not only to avoid fear of breaking a given prohibition but also because it indicates the possibilities of obtaining compensation for suffered damage. In this aspect, criminal proceedings show similarities to civil proceedings, where primarily the financial interests of the parties are settled, but it differs in that, beyond the issue of financial compensation, it also serves a greater hardship for the perpetrator.