Lawyer for
money laundering offences
Money laundering, handling stolen goods, smuggling and forgery, and the protection of your family’s assets. In Málaga and the Costa del Sol.
These cases are about money and paperwork, and they are won with paperwork. I explain what evidence the prosecution has, what you can prove and what will happen to your assets.
How I help
What I can do for you
Money laundering rarely comes alone. It accompanies a drugs case, follows one, or reaches relatives who have done nothing wrong. My job is to separate your situation from the rest and defend it with documents.
- Defence during the investigation phase, when accounts, assets and transactions are examined
- Challenges to frozen accounts and to the seizure of vehicles and homes
- Defence of family members who are not under investigation but whose assets have been frozen
- Cases of handling stolen goods, smuggling and document forgery
- Trial before the Criminal Courts and the Provincial Court of Málaga
- Appeals, including cassation appeals to the Supreme Court
Common situations
Tell me which one is yours
What to do in each case, before we speak.
- Have your accounts been frozen?
- A freeze is ordered quickly and lifted slowly. Gather proof of your income and of where the money came from, and we will make a well-founded application to the court.
- Are you being investigated for laundering without ever touching drugs?
- It is common. Whoever holds the money, the house or the car is accused, not only whoever deals. Your defence depends on proving where each asset came from.
- Has a relative’s home or car been seized?
- A relative who is not under investigation can defend their assets in the same case. I represent them so that confiscation does not reach what is theirs.
- Are you accused of smuggling?
- Tobacco or goods smuggling is often tied to these cases and has its own rules. I deal with it alongside everything else so that nothing is added that should not be.
- Are you being asked to explain a transfer or a deposit?
- Do not answer the police or the bank on your own. Whatever you say now will be used later. We prepare it together.
Is your situation different? Tell me what happened and I will tell you honestly whether I can help.
How I defend you
What your defence turns on
In these cases the evidence is built up over months. Every piece can be examined, and any one of them may hold the argument that changes the outcome.
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The original offence
For there to be laundering, there must be an offence the money came from. If that origin is not proved, there is no laundering.
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Knowledge
It must be proved that you knew where the money came from, or could not have failed to know. Having an asset in your name is neither, and much of the defence lies in that difference.
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The paperwork
Payslips, deeds, loans, inheritances and tax returns. Together we reconstruct where each asset came from, and I present it in a way the court will understand.
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Financial reports
The police and the tax authorities do their sums, and sometimes they get them wrong. I check every figure, with a forensic accountant when needed.
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Confiscation
What is confiscated must be linked to the offence. I argue for the return of anything that is not, and of assets belonging to third parties.
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Delay
These cases drag on. If the delay is not your fault, the mitigating factor for undue delay reduces the sentence, and it has to be requested.
Other areas
I can also help you with
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Immediate assistance after arrest
Contact me before any statement is made. I attend police stations, Guardia Civil stations and the duty court, at any hour.
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Drug trafficking and organised crime
From possession to international operations. Phone taps, searches, chain of custody and expert analysis.
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Homicide, assault and sexual offences
Offences against life, physical integrity and sexual freedom. Including jury trials and media attention.
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Extradition, EAW and prisoner transfer
Defence before the National High Court if another country is seeking you. And transfers to serve a sentence at home.
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