{"id":4931,"date":"2026-08-31T08:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/areas\/criminal-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:09:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:09:53","slug":"criminal-defense","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/areas\/criminal-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Defense, All Phases<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We undertake defense from the arrest or initial summons through trial, appeals, and sentence enforcement. We approach the investigation with the same intensity as the oral hearing, as most cases are decided at that stage. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cases We Defend<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to our international areas \u2014extradition, European arrest warrants, Interpol, and economic criminal law\u2014 we defend against crimes that most frequently affect individuals and foreign clients in Spain.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Practice Areas <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Public Health (Drugs)<\/strong> \u2192 Crimes against public health: trafficking and possession, including at airports and ports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Injuries and Assaults<\/strong> \u2192 Fights, brawls, and injuries, common in tourist areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sexual Offenses<\/strong> \u2192 Specialized defense, with discretion and confidential treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Road Safety<\/strong> \u2192 Drunk driving, refusal to take a breathalyzer test (Art. 383), and reckless driving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We also handle<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense before the courts at all stages, cancellation of criminal records, and the criminal dimension of economic and corporate matters. For businesses, we have a specific area for economic criminal defense, compliance, and internal investigations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal representation in any criminal proceeding, from investigation to trial and sentence enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4766,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4931","areas","type-areas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/areas"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/4931\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}