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Heroin Trafficking in Spain: Penalties, Aggravations and Defence (Art. 368 CP)
Heroin is a drug that causes serious harm to health: Art. 368 CP punishes its trafficking with 3 to 6 years. Penalties, aggravations and the weight of addiction.
Market Manipulation and Insider Trading: the Criminal Risk of the Financial Professional (Arts. 284 and 285 CP)
Traders, portfolio managers and compliance officers are exposed to the market-abuse offences of arts. 284 and 285 CP, where their professional status aggravates the penalty.
MDMA and synthetic drug trafficking (art. 368 CP): why they cause serious harm to health and how the charge is defended
Why MDMA, methamphetamines and synthetic cannabinoids count as substances causing serious harm, what penalties art. 368 CP sets and how the charge is defended.
Crimes against the market and consumers in Spain: false advertising, price manipulation and insider trading (Arts. 282 to 285 CP)
What Arts. 282 to 285 CP punish: misleading advertising, false billing, market and price manipulation and insider trading, with their penalties and lines of defence.
Drug Houses and Dealing Premises: the Aggravated Offence of Art. 369.1 CP
Using a flat or premises to sell drugs is trafficking under art. 368 CP and, where the premises are open to the public, it is aggravated under art. 369.1.3 CP.
Street Dealing and Minor Drug Trafficking: the Reduced Offence of Art. 368.2 CP
Art. 368.2 CP lets courts lower the penalty for low-level drug dealing. How it differs from shared consumption, and the lines of defence.
Bid Rigging in Public Tenders and Auctions in Spain (Art. 262 CP)
Colluding to fix the price of a public auction or to keep bidders away is a crime (Art. 262 CP): prison, a fine and a ban on contracting with the public sector.
Industrial Property Crimes: Trademarks and Patents (Art. 274 CP)
Arts. 273-277 CP punish counterfeiting trademarks, patents or designs and marketing goods bearing a confusingly similar sign without the owner's consent.
Customs and Smuggling Offences: When It Is a Crime and How It Is Defended
Smuggling is governed by a special statute, Organic Law 12/1995 on the Repression of Smuggling. The conduct it covers, the threshold based on the value of the goods, and its overlap with tax fraud and money laundering.
Drug Possession vs Trafficking in Spain: Where Is the Line? (2026)
In Spain, there's no written law defining the exact amount that separates personal use from trafficking.
Can I Be Arrested for a Debt? Asset Concealment Explained
Can you be arrested for failing to pay a debt? We explain when a debt becomes the offence of asset concealment.
Punishable Insolvency and Asset Concealment (Article 257 CP): Legal Guide 2026
Accused of asset concealment? We explain what punishable insolvency is, the difference from civil insolvency, the penalties and the most effective defence…
Second Chance Law in Spain 2025: Who Can Apply and Cancel Debts
The 2022 reform of Spain's Second Chance Law expanded debt relief including tax debts. We explain who qualifies, what debts can be cancelled, and the…
Can You Go to Jail for Debt in Spain? The Legal Truth 2026
Can they put you in jail for not paying debts? We explain when a debt becomes a crime, the difference between civil and criminal debt, and what to do.
Intellectual property crime under Art. 270 CP: plagiarism and piracy
When is copying a work a crime? We analyse penalties for plagiarism and unauthorized distribution in the Criminal Code.
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