Legal Trade tells you whether a customs criminal case is linked to your Chilean tax ID and whether the limitation period for criminal prosecution has already run. Checking the status is free.
Three steps. The first one is free and requires no payment details.
We search customs criminal cases filed before Chilean courts. Results always show the tax ID partially masked.
We calculate the limitation period for criminal prosecution from the date of the offence and the procedural stage, and show it as a colour. Free of charge.
To unlock the full report and the lawyer chat you must prove the tax ID belongs to you. Legal Trade is not a tool for looking up other people.
The traffic light is a reference estimate based on publicly available information. It does not replace a lawyer's analysis of your specific case.
Based on the recorded dates, the limitation period appears to have run. It may be possible to request a permanent dismissal.
The period is about to run. It is worth reviewing the case early, since certain procedural steps interrupt or suspend it.
Prosecution remains available according to the data on record. The defence must be assessed on other grounds.
All charges are processed inside the app, through Google Play or the App Store. We do not sell subscriptions through this website.
Free
CLP 8,800 / month
CLP 68,000 / month
Important. A subscription gives you access to information and to a consultation channel. Court representation — for instance, applying for a permanent dismissal on limitation grounds — is a separate professional service, engaged in writing and outside the app.
Legal Trade is developed and operated by Sociedad de Profesionales Villanueva, Pérez, González y Asociados Limitada, trading as «Centro de Estudios & Asesoría Legal Estratégica Limitada» (CEALE), a Chilean law firm domiciled in comuna de Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile.
We work in customs and economic criminal law. The app is fully available in Spanish, English and Simplified Chinese, and the consultation channel translates every message: you write in your language and the lawyer answers in yours.
For general enquiries, write to contacto@legaltrade.cl.
Lawyers with a track record before the courts, in academia and in the public sector.
Attorney · University of Valparaíso
Law graduate with distinction from the University of Valparaíso. Regional Councillor for the Biobío Region. Doctor of Laws from the University of Talca, Master in Public Law from the University of Valparaíso and Master in Social Policy and Community Action.
Languages: Spanish
Attorney · University of Valparaíso
Law graduate with distinction from the University of Valparaíso. Lecturer in Criminal Law and in Criminal Strategy and Techniques at the University of Valparaíso. Practises in the Metropolitan and Valparaíso Regions. Served for five years as a Public Criminal Defender in the V Region.
Languages: Spanish English Italian Norwegian Portuguese
Attorney · University of Valparaíso
Law graduate with distinction from the University of Valparaíso. Master in Public Policy from King's College London and LLM from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Former Head of Advisors in the Cabinet of the Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over a decade of experience in legal and legislative affairs.
Languages: Spanish English Danish
Attorney · Universidad del Desarrollo
Law graduate with distinction from Universidad del Desarrollo. Master in Criminal Law from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, and from the University of Talca. Litigating under the criminal procedure reform since 2015. Former legislative advisor at the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality, legal coordinator of the Metropolitan Intendancy, and criminal litigator for the Undersecretariat of Human Rights of the Ministry of Justice.
Languages: Spanish
Attorney · Universidad Andrés Bello
Law graduate with distinction from Universidad Andrés Bello. Master of Laws in Criminal Law and Procedure from the University of Valparaíso, passed with highest distinction. Lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Viña del Mar, previously at Universidad de Playa Ancha. Has served as a Public Criminal Defender in Valparaíso, Villa Alemana and La Calera.
Languages: Spanish
Attorney · University of Concepción
Law graduate with distinction from the University of Concepción. Master in Criminal Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Lecturer in Criminal Law at Universidad de Playa Ancha. Former assistant attorney and prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office, and seven years as a Public Criminal Defender in Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and Quilpué, more than four of them in juvenile criminal law.
Languages: Spanish English
Attorney · University of Valparaíso
Law graduate with distinction from the University of Valparaíso, specialising in criminal law and procedure. Completed her professional practice at the Public Criminal Defender's Office in Valparaíso with an outstanding grade. Member of the Centre for Criminal Studies and Strategic Litigation since 2021.
Languages: Spanish English
Legal officer · University of Viña del Mar
Law graduate from the University of Viña del Mar and president of its litigation society. Devoted to the study of criminal law; completed his internship at the Centre for Criminal Studies and Strategic Litigation, where he remains part of the team.
Languages: Spanish English
