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A free man has all but an imprisoned one has no longer even oneself.

The role of a lawyer in criminal law is perhaps the most sensitive and most specific. Lost money can be compensated, but the time spent as accused or in jail cannot be returned and replaced. The trust and honor, one at stake, by an act of prosecution or defense, is difficult to establish. Tangible and intangible trauma remain regardless of the final outcome and no matter how brilliant a legal expertise has been set up and carried out.

Our law firm provides legal services to individuals and legal entities related to blood, traffic, property law and other offenses before the courts of general jurisdiction, higher, appellate and misdemeanor courts in Serbia as well as before the Special Department of the Higher Court and Supreme Court of Cassation in Belgrade. We pay special attention to the delicate position of minors in terms of ensuring their protection and defense as defendants in criminal cases as well as representing them as injured persons in crimes committed by others.

A maxim that is attributed to de Balzac, a great novelist, says that ” behind every great fortune lies a great crime” perhaps is an exaggeration but it is much closer to the truth when it comes to business. The rate-fixing scandals like Libor and currency exchange, institution-led money-laundering schemes tax avoidance, fraud and deception all occur on an industrial scale. When considering who is responsible for criminal harm, the justice system and public discussions about crime tend to be obsessed with the individual wrongdoer or offender. However, bearing in mind the analysis of the latest crime trends, attention is drawn to the growing phenomenon of white-collar crime commited by an individual but also as an institutional phenomenon. It is not rare that a company with its business activities, which get less attention, because they are part of the normal, taken-for-granted processes and routines of the business world also commited economic offences. Victims of such crimes are oftennot direct visible and physically damaged. In this regard, a British prosecutor said: ”if you mug someone in the street, you go to jail but if you mug their savings you can buy a yacht.” This implies that crime pays especially when the crime is business. That is why we, as a responsible law firm, put special emphasis on this type of crimes both in terms of filing criminal charges for illegal activities in the field of economy and for the defense of individuals and legal entities and the protection of their rights when it comes to the abuse of office.

Whether it is about a private criminal complaint or it has been filed ex officio, whether it is a defendant or injured person or legal entity, our legal team is ready to fully comprehend and present a defense in favor of such a client to the moment of passing the acquittal or conviction.