Money Laundering Specialist
In Spain, you can be under investigation for money laundering for two or three years without knowing it.
By the time they knock on your door, they already know every account, every property and every transaction from the past few years.
Don't let it slide. If there is any signal — a tax authority request, an unusual question from your bank — act before they come for you, not after.
I am Miriam Rosales,
Criminal defence solicitor specialising in money laundering, drug trafficking and related financial offences. Most of my money laundering cases are connected to an underlying organised crime investigation.
Money laundering is a technical, document-heavy offence where the evidence is almost entirely financial. A strong defence requires more than a good lawyer — it requires understanding how the prosecution's expert accountant thinks, and knowing how to counter it.
These are the situations I handle:
- — Financial investigations running alongside a drug trafficking or organised crime case
- — Preventive freezing of accounts, property and assets from day one
- — Self-laundering charges — accused of laundering your own proceeds
- — Companies or corporate structures implicated in the alleged scheme
- — Funds or accounts held across different countries
- — Forensic accounting and expert evidence challenges
I represent national and international clients at every stage of the proceedings.
Financial investigation
- —A financial investigation can be active for months before you know it exists.
- —If you receive unusual requests from your bank, tax authority enquiries or any other signal, contact me before an arrest happens.
- —Acting at this stage — before proceedings are formally opened — gives considerably more room to manoeuvre.
Arrest and interim measures
- —Arrest in money laundering cases is almost always accompanied by the preventive freezing of accounts, property and valuables. It is immediate.
- —My first priority is to limit the impact of those measures: challenge their scope, argue disproportionality and protect whatever can be protected from day one.
- —I also advise you during questioning and at the initial hearing before the judge.
Investigation: the expert evidence battle
- —Money laundering investigations are complex and technical. The pivotal element is the forensic accountant: the prosecution's expert will attempt to trace the alleged illicit origin of the funds.
- —My job is to build a solid counter-expert case, dismantle the prosecution's conclusions and challenge the link with the predicate offence.
- —I also work to have the asset freeze reduced or lifted if its continuation is disproportionate.
Trial
- —Money laundering cases are won or lost during the investigation phase. At trial, the outcome depends largely on the strength of the expert evidence and the ability to dismantle the prosecution narrative.
- —If there is scope for an agreement that preserves assets or significantly reduces the sentence, we assess it together with all the facts on the table.
- —If there is a conviction, I can continue with you through appeals and, if there is a custodial sentence, prison law.
If you would like me to act as your solicitor, here is how it works:
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Contact me by phone, WhatsApp or email.
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I review your case, answer any immediate questions and give you a detailed quote.
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If you decide to instruct me, we start your defence immediately.
How would you like to reach me?
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Where I work
If your case is not in Málaga, I work across the province and the rest of Andalusia: