Criminal Law

Whether you are involved in a criminal case as a defendant or as a victim, the criminal law attorneys at Prakken d’Oliveira understand that to you, your case is always more than just criminal proceedings. Being involuntarily involved in criminal proceedingshas major consequences for you, your nearest and dearest and your business. At the same time you may have an important message that you want to convey to the court and society at large. Criminal proceedings can therefore offer you a platform to raise wider issues. Whether you wish to bring the criminal proceedings to a satisfactory end quickly and with as little publicity and negative consequences as possible or, on the contrary, want to use a criminal case as a platform to communicate a message, the criminal law attorneys at Prakken d’Oliveira will work with you to determine the right strategy.

Prakken d’Oliveira is one of the few law firms in the Netherlands that specializes in international criminal law. As such, we have extensive experience challenging extradition- and deportation requests (i.e. when another country asks the Netherlands to send you to that country).

Our attorneys are also recognised specialists in terrorism cases. Furthermore, they regularly advise lawmakers, academics and specialist networks. Finally, we note that administrative law is increasingly used in addition to criminal law enforcement. We are specialists in this combined approach of law enforcement.

Economic and financial criminal law: the regulations in this area are constantly changing, and the focus on integrity has grown in recent years, partly as a result of a large number of fraud cases. Issues in this area include classic ‘money laundering’ and falsifying documents, but also specialized economic legislation such as the Consumer Goods Act (Warenwet), the Medicines Act (Wet op de geneesmiddelen) and broader financial criminal law.Economic and financial criminal law: the regulations in this area are constantly changing, and the focus on integrity has grown in recent years, partly as a result of a large number of fraud cases. Issues in this area include classic ‘money laundering’ and falsifying documents, but also specialized economic legislation such as the Consumer Goods Act (Warenwet), the Medicines Act (Wet op de geneesmiddelen) and broader financial criminal law.

Businesses can also be the subject of criminal investigations in connection with environmental legislation. This can relate to issues such as waste, raw materials, waste shipment regulations, hazardous substances, environmental protection laws and endangerment offences. Criminal investigations can follow after an inspection by – for example – the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel en Warenautoriteit), the Environment and Transport Inspectorate (Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport) or regional environmental services. There may also be specific, unforeseen grounds for an investigation such as a leak, fire or accident, that can lead to specific, specialised questions about the duty to notify and the obligation to cooperate with the authorities. Issues such as thesethen  need to be clarified as a matter of urgency. We can help to answer these questions.