Diritto Penale Europeo

Convention du Conseil de l’Europe relative au blanchiment, au dépistage, à la saisie et à la confiscation des produits du crime et au financement du terrorisme (STCE no 198)

Lors de sa 9e réunion, tenue à Strasbourg les 21 et 22 novembre 2017, la Conférence des Parties[...]

This guide is part of the series of Case-Law Guides published by the European Court of Human Rights (hereafter “the Court”, “the European Court” or “the Strasbourg Court”) to inform legal practitioners about the fundamental judgments and decisions delivered by the Strasbourg Court. This particular guide analyses and sums up the[...]

Over the past thirty years, confiscation has been used as a tool to combat transnational crime, stripping away the rewards from those who engage in such nefarious activities. Fundamentally, the approach is directed at reducing criminal capital that could fuel further criminal activity, removing the incentive to commit further crime and ensuring that[...]

Corte Giustizia Unione Europea, sez. III, sentenza 19/03/2020, n.234

Non è vietato agli Stati UE di prevedere un procedimento civile di confisca indipendentemente dall'accertamento di un reato ovvero dalla condanna dei presunti autori di tale reato[...]

Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'Uomo, Caso Balsamo c. Repubblica di San Marino, Sentenza del 8.1.2020

Le ricorrenti, tra loro sorelle, erano state condannate in primo grado per il reato di riciclaggio dai giudici sammarinesi, i quali avevano[...]

Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'Uomo, caso Bokova c. Bulgaria, Sentenza del 16.07.2019

In linea di principio, alle persone la cui proprietà è minacciata di confisca dovrebbe essere concesso lo status di parte nel procedimento in cui può essere ordinata la confisca (􏰀ilic􏰁ien􏰂[...]

This report was prepared in the context of the Study RECAST – REuse of Confiscated Assets for social purposes: towards Common EU standards. The Study was awarded to the University of Palermo – Department of European Studies and International Integration (Coordinator: Giovanni Fiandaca, Professor of criminal law) by the European Commission, DG[...]

by Jennifer Hendry and Colin King

Non-conviction-based (NCB) asset forfeiture is a relatively recent addition to law enforcement's armoury in the fight against organised crime in the UK. It allows for criminal assets to be[...]

Daley J BirkettAuthor NotesHuman Rights Law Review,

This article examines the human rights implications of the asset freezing processes available to the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council. It does so through the lens of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American[...]