Drug Trafficking Lawyer in Spain

Organized drug trafficking is typically prosecuted in macrocases: proceedings with dozens or hundreds of co-defendants, thousands of hours of wiretaps, prolonged surveillance and simultaneous searches in different provinces. Defense in this kind of case requires specific experience that cannot be improvised.

At Alonso Sala we take on macrocases with coordination among the team and counsel for the other co-defendants when a common strategy benefits the client, and with strictly individualized defense when interests diverge.

The Audiencia Nacional has exclusive jurisdiction over drug trafficking when any of these elements concur: international trafficking, transnational organization, extreme-gravity quantities (Art. 370 CP), or connection with money laundering of national or international scope.

Our firm acts regularly before the Central Investigating Courts and the Sala de lo Penal of the Audiencia Nacional. Knowledge of the central forum is a critical asset for the defense.

Maritime drug trafficking concentrates much of the relevant proceedings in Spain. Hot spots — Strait of Gibraltar, Costa del Sol, Galicia, Levante and the Canary Islands — generate daily Civil Guard, Customs and SVA operations.

Our defense lines focus on: nullity of wiretaps (Art. 588 ter LECrim), broken chain of custody, insufficient motivation of search warrants, and disputing the imputation of the client to the role attributed by the prosecution.