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The Czech legal framework for confiscating criminal proceeds, particularly recent transformations in monetary penalties, requires a careful balance of effectiveness and proportionality to align with human rights and fundamental criminal justice functions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To critically assess the Czech criminal legal framework governing ownership-targeting sanctions and evaluate asset deprivation mechanisms through the lenses of effectiveness, proportionality, and human rights.

September 3, 2026AUC IURIDICAOpen Access

Confiscation of Criminal Proceeds Through Criminal Law

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Legal analysis evaluates asset recovery mechanisms in Czech criminal law, highlighting the balance between penal effectiveness and human rights.

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To critically assess the Czech criminal legal framework governing ownership-targeting sanctions and evaluate asset deprivation mechanisms through the lenses of effectiveness, proportionality, and human rights.
Conducted a doctrinal legal analysis of criminal penalties (asset forfeiture, monetary penalties, thing forfeiture) and protective measures (seizure of things, asset partition seizure) in the Czech Republic.
Analyzed recent legislative reforms concerning monetary penalties and performed a de lege ferenda comparative review against foreign legal systems.
Categorized ownership-targeting interventions into formal penal sanctions and protective measures aimed at transferring illicit proceeds to the state.
Identified recent restructuring of monetary penalties as a central driver for practical development in asset deprivation enforcement.
Determined that the sustainable administration of ownership sanctions requires strict alignment with proportionality, humanist values, and fundamental human rights.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993600636c6408cfa7eb93 https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2026.102

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Legal analysis evaluates asset recovery mechanisms in Czech criminal law, highlighting the balance between penal effectiveness and human rights.

Confiscation of Criminal Proceeds Through Criminal Law

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