¿Es el decomiso administrativo una sanción?
| Published date | 29 December 2025 |
| Law Firm | Ibarra Rimón |
El cierre del año está marcado por un intenso debate en el ámbito aduanero. La discusión se centra en la caracterización del decomiso administrativo como una sanción o, como opina la DIAN, en una simple «medida administrativa».
Esta última postura, que pretende desvincular el decomiso de su naturaleza sancionadora, se apoya en el argumento, a mi juicio cuestionable, de que, de considerarse esta figura como una sanción, estaría sujeta a prescripción lo que fomentaría el lavado de activos y el contrabando.
Sin embargo, este razonamiento no es de recibo, a la luz de los principios en los que se fundamenta el estado de derecho, en donde incluso los mismos delitos de contrabando y lavado de activos son prescriptibles
Mas aún, en Colombia, la Corte Suprema de Justicia ha señalado que ni siquiera los delitos de...
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