Freitag, 19.04.2019
Confiscation of vehicles as a result of criminal offenses
from
Dr. jur. Ingo E. FrommLawyer
Specialist in criminal law
Specialist in traffic law
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Experience shows that the classic punishments (fines or imprisonment) are often not suitable for deterring the perpetrator of traffic offenses from further offenses with sufficient certainty, which is why the vehicle with which the traffic offender committed the offense could already be confiscated. A fresh approach to the issue came in 2017, when the law reforming criminal asset forfeiture came into force (Section 73 et seq. StGB). The transfer of the administrative offense of illegal motor vehicle racing to the criminal code in response to numerous deaths and the new provision for the confiscation of motor vehicles under § 315f StGB has also contributed to this. One year after the new law came into force, the confiscation of property in criminal proceedings has finally arrived in the everyday life of the courts and in the practice of passing judgment, and it also has considerable significance for criminal traffic law. In the interview, the new section of the Criminal Code and the practice-related problems associated with it are presented.
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