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ODUZIMANJE IMOVINSKE KORISTI PRIBAVLJENE KRIVIČNIM DJELOM
CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY OBTAINED BY CRIMINAL OFFENSE

Author(s): Senad Hasanspahić, Nermin Halilagić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Pravni fakultet - Univerzitet u Zenici
Keywords: Seizure of property use; crime; criminal law

Summary/Abstract: Institute of confiscation of property obtained by criminal offence is based on one of the basic postulates of law - that no one can keep the property obtained by crime. This paper analyzes the institute of confiscation of property obtained by criminal offence in the context of criminal legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which does not provide confiscation of such property as a criminal sanction, but as a special measure, which is a consequence of the criminal offense. Particular attention is addressed to the Institute of expanded confiscation of property obtained vin the by criminal offence, which is basically a reduction of the evidentiary standards and sharing of the burden of proof. To put aside fact that appropriate legal solutions are imposed, special problem is their application in practice.

  • Issue Year: 4/2011
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 309-321
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian