Confisca facoltativa e reato prescritto: rimessa alle Sezioni unite la questione della “confisca senza condanna” (nota a Cass., Sez. V, 12 febbraio 2020, Cipriani)

Civello, Gabriele

2020-01-01

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Abstract

The article concerns the issues arising from the application of optional confiscation of crime profits in certain particular cases. More specifically, the work examines the order through which the Italian Court of Cassation has forwarded to its highest composition (‘Sezioni Unite’) the question whether it is legitimate or not the optional confiscation of crime profits in presence of a judgment that ascertain that the offence is time-barred by the statute of limitations, when in the first instance there was a conviction.