Special Penal Laws & White-Collar Crime

Areas of Expertise in Special Penal Laws

Our firm delivers specialized, top-tier legal defense across the following primary statutory frameworks:

1. Financial & Corporate Criminal Law (White-Collar Crime)

We manage high-stakes, multi-layered cases concerning economic offenses and corporate criminal liability:

• Crimes Against the Public Sector & the EU: Defense and prosecution of cases involving smuggling (lathremporia), usury, fraud, and embezzlement targeting the Greek State, Public Law Corporate Entities (NPDD), or Banking Institutions—specifically under the strict framework of Law 1608/1950—as well as offenses targeting the financial interests of the European Union.

• Corruption & Organized Crime: Comprehensive legal handling of extortion, bribery (dofodokia), and criminal charges relating to the formation of or participation in a criminal organization.

• Money Laundering: Defending and strategically managing complex asset-tracing cases concerning the legalization of income derived from criminal activities.

• Corporate Offenses: Criminal violations arising from the statutes governing Société Anonymes (S.A.) and Limited Liability Companies (L.L.C.), the issuance of bad/unsecured checks, and breaches of Capital Market & Securities Law regulations.

• Insolvency & Competition Law: Legal defense against criminal breaches of Bankruptcy Law, as well as criminal violations concerning the Protection of Free Competition (Articles 43 and 44 of Law 3959/2011) and Unfair Competition (Law 146/1914).

2. Tax, Labor & Urban Planning Criminal Defense

We safeguard businesses and managers from penal liabilities stemming from commercial, labor, and real estate operations:

• Tax Evasion: Representation against criminal charges for non-payment of debts to the State and tax evasion (such as income tax or VAT fraud, and the issuance or acceptance of fictitious/falsified tax invoices).

• Labor Violations: Addressing employer criminal liability for breaching Labor Statutes, including the non-payment of employee wages or failure to remit social security contributions to insurance funds (e.g., e-EFKA).

• Zoning & Planning Breaches: Managing criminal charges relating to the erection of buildings without a permit, unauthorized/arbitrary constructions (afthaireta), and processing corresponding public complaints.

3. Market Regulations & Cybercrime

• Market & Consumer Protection Infractions (Agoranomikes Paravaseis): Defense against regulatory offenses involving the production or trade of adulterated, sub-standard, or unsafe food products; tampering with basic life necessities; violations of mandatory store operating hours or Sunday closing laws; illegal discounts/promotions; and obstructing market inspection authorities or withholding invoices.

• Cybercrime: Handling sophisticated cases of computer fraud, identity theft, digital slander, online defamation, and breaches of electronic data privacy.

4. Special Statutes of High Social & Cultural Interest

• Narcotics & Weapons Legislation: Strategic legal management of offenses falling under the strict Greek Drug Act and the Weapons and Ammunition Act.

• Antiquities Protection: Defense against crimes targeting national heritage under the stringent Archaeological Law.

• Juvenile Justice & Sports Violence: Specialized management of juvenile delinquency frameworks and offenses linked to fan/sports-related violence.

• Military Service: Legal support regarding conscription obligations, draft evasion (anypotaxia), and military-specific offenses.