Sanctions may be imposed by both administrative and criminal authorities. Regulators, enforcers and investigative agencies exist in a variety of forms and manifestations. In addition to the police, a large number of other government agencies may also be involved in enforcing and ultimately imposing sanctions. The officials employed with the aforementioned hybrid agencies often have special investigative powers and may act both as regulators and as enforcers (both under administrative law and under criminal law). To an undertaking and those involved with it is not always clear on the basis of which powers they are held to account and what exactly their rights and obligations are in such a case.

Legaltree has the expertise to assist you in matters involving administrative law and criminal law sanctions. Multiple expertise is of particular importance where incidents (such as accidents at work or pollution incidents) and searches (by the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets and/or the police) are concerned, in which situations it is recommended to set up a team comprising all the relevant specialisms.