Accelerating criminal procedures in order to prevent criminality in the context of the economic crisis

摘要

The magnitude of the criminal phenomenon in the context of the global crisis, at a European and global level, imposes, besides repressive actions, an emphasis on the celerity of the procedures specific to criminal law. In the context of globalisation and European integration, preventing and combating the criminal phenomenon, in the member states and in the EU in general, implies the simplified procedures and an acceleration of the criminal procedures, whenever it is possible. Recent legislative changes brought to the Code of Criminal Procedure of Romania (Law no. 202/2010 and Law no. 2/2013), aim, amongst other desiderates, to ensure the celerity of the criminal trial.