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Criminal Law Specialists in Panama
One of the fundamental principles of criminal law is the presumption of innocence, which must be upheld to the fullest extent. At Uribe & Associates, we provide criminal defense through experienced lawyers with many years of litigation in high-profile cases. Our team consists of attorneys who, by combining their experience as circuit prosecutors and litigators, are able to deliver a stronger defense aimed at achieving the best possible outcome.
If you are accused of any of the following crimes, you will need a skilled and timely defense:
1. Crimes Against Life and Personal Integrity
- Crimes against human life: Homicide, Personal Injury, Induced Abortion.
- Reproduction and Genetic Manipulation.
- Abandonment of children or other persons unable to care for their own safety or health.
2. Crimes against freedom
- Crimes against individual liberty and enforced disappearance.
- Crimes against the inviolability of the home or workplace.
- Crimes against the inviolability of privacy and the right to privacy.
- Crimes against freedom of assembly and the press.
- Crimes against freedom of religion.
3. Crimes against sexual freedom and integrity
- Rape and other sexual offenses.
- Corruption of minors, commercial sexual exploitation, and other related offenses.
4. Crimes against the honor of a natural person
- Slander and libel.
5. Crimes Against Family Law and Civil Status
- Domestic violence.
- Abuse of children or adolescents.
- Crimes against identity and trafficking of minors.
- Crimes against the family.
- Abuse of the elderly.
6. Crimes Against Economic Property
- Theft.
- Robbery.
- Fraud.
- Embezzlement.
- Usurpation.
- Damage.
- Crimes against the nation’s historical heritage.
7. Crimes against the Economic Order
- Crimes against free competition and consumer rights.
- Unlawful withholding of dues or contributions.
- Financial crimes.
- Money laundering.
- Crimes against economic security.
- Crimes against intellectual property.
- Punishable insolvency.
- Unfair competition.
- Crimes committed with checks and credit cards.
- Revelation of business secrets.
- Smuggling and customs fraud.
- Crimes against the national treasury.
8. Crimes against the legal security of electronic systems
- Crimes against cybersecurity
9. Crimes against collective security
- Terrorism and terrorist financing.
- Crimes posing a common danger.
- Crimes against transportation.
- Crimes against public health.
- Drug-related crimes.
- Piracy.
- Organized crime.
- Criminal association.
- Possession and trafficking of weapons and explosives.
- Violent appropriation and theft of illicit materials.
10. Crimes against public administration
- Different forms of embezzlement.
- Corruption of public officials.
- Illicit enrichment.
- Extortion and abuse of office.
- Bribery and influence peddling.
- Abuse of authority and breach of duty by public officials.
- Crimes against public officials.
- Violation of public seals.
- Fraud in public procurement.
11. Crimes against public faith
- General document forgery.
- Counterfeiting of currency and other securities.
- Forgery of public seals.
- Unlawful practice of a profession.
12. Crimes against the administration of justice
- Simulation of criminal acts and false accusations in judicial proceedings.
- Perjury.
- Perjury or subornation of perjury.
- Concealment or covering up of a crime.
- Trafficking in and receiving stolen goods.
- Evasion.
- Obstruction of justice.
- Violation of protective measures and sanctions.
- Apology for crime.
13. Crimes against humanity
- Crimes against international human rights law.
- War crimes.
- Crimes against humanity and trafficking in persons.
- Smuggling of migrants.
More Information on Criminal Law
No one is obliged to testify in criminal, correctional, or police matters against themselves, their spouse, or their relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity or the second degree of affinity.
The presumption of innocence is a human right. We provide specialized guidance through experienced criminal lawyers, applying effective and precise strategies.
We file appeals, cassation, or constitutional guarantees petitions, when the case warrants it, seeking to overturn rulings that go against your interests.
FAQ
It is a legal remedy designed to ensure the protection of fundamental rights established in the Political Constitution, as well as an effective constitutional means to safeguard human rights recognized in international human rights treaties ratified by Panama.
Its purpose is to correct the harm caused to the parties by judicial decisions that have acquired the status of res judicata. It also aims to ensure strict compliance with the law by the courts and to promote the unification of jurisprudence at the national level.
False testimony is a crime under Article 385 of the Penal Code of the Republic of Panama, which states:
“A witness, expert, interpreter, or translator who, before the competent authority, affirms a falsehood or denies or conceals the truth, in whole or in part of their statement, report, interpretation, or translation, shall be punished with imprisonment of two to four years.”
(Penal Code of the Republic of Panama, Law 14 of May 18, 2007, Article 385)
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