White Collar Crime

Liability of a Bank in a Case of Financial Crime Committed by a Third Party

We are a law firm that is dedicated to recovering assets for victims of financial crime when the assets or scammers are located in Bulgaria. Nowadays, a growing number of people become victims of a sophisticated ongoing criminal fraud scheme involving an unknown number of organised participants from different countries. The fraudsters aim to deceive the victims to transfer significant amounts of money to the fraudster’s bank accounts in Bulgaria. Then, the scammers usually move the received sum to a bank account in a country outside the European Union. However, these transfers are in breach of Bulgarian and international anti-money laundering law.

Corporate Crime Prevention and the Benefits for Implementing Companies

What is corporate crime prevention and why is it a necessary "cost"? Depending on the industry in which a company operates in Romania, it is subject to legal obligations whose violation can result in legal liability.

Chapter 2 – Keeping a Promise – The First-Instance Commercial Offence Proceeding

As we promised a few weeks ago when we discussed all the interesting aspects of commercial offences as an integral part of Serbian penal law, we shall now take a closer look at the first-instance proceeding and some of the most important segments of domestic and foreign legal entities, as well as their responsible persons, should keep in mind in case they are subjected to a commercial offence proceeding.

ECJ Ruling Impacts Romanian Statute of Limitations in Certain Criminal Cases

This article discusses the interplay between the primacy of European Union law and the expected new practice in criminal law cases in Romania.

Arzinger Successful for Oleksandr Dorohan in Criminal Proceedings

Arzinger has successfully secured the release from custody of Oleksandr Dorohan – Director of the Together We Power! charitable organization – in criminal proceedings related to his activity.

Recent ECJ Judgement Sparks Controversies on the Romanian Statute of Limitations for Criminal Liability

In recent years, the statute of limitations for criminal liability in Romania has been the subject of numerous debates among legal scholars and practitioners.

Cartel Law – Records and Data of Your Telecommunication Traffic Now as Evidence

The content of communications recorded by criminal law enforcement authorities (LEAs) and traffic and location data; Not only voice communications, but also electronic messages made not only from a mobile phone, but also from landlines and other devices; Records of surveillance of persons and property by the LEAs. This and other information have so far reached the Czech national competition authority (Czech NCA) without being able to use it legally as evidence in the proceedings.