Drug offences and public-health crimes
Defence in drug-trafficking, international narcotics and criminal-organisation proceedings.
Rafael Jiménez de OlivaCriminal LawyerCriminal defence in the Canary Islands
Experience, strategy and defence when it matters most.
Rafael Jiménez de Oliva is a criminal and prison-law specialist with thirty years of professional experience and personal involvement in every case he accepts.
Direct contact: +34 639 91 87 14
Criminal and prison law
A defence built on real experience.
Criminal proceedings require careful listening, a precise understanding of the evidence and timely action. Rafael Jiménez de Oliva provides personal, strategic representation tailored to the facts and circumstances of each case.
- Direct contact with the lawyer
- Criminal and prison-law specialisation
- Experience in complex proceedings
Areas of practice
Comprehensive criminal defence
Assistance in a broad range of criminal matters, with particular experience in complex cases and an individual assessment of every client’s position.
Fraud and property offences
Fraud, misappropriation, concealment of assets and other property-related criminal proceedings.
Money laundering
Defence in complex asset, banking and financial investigations.
Prison visits and prison law
Personal support for clients on remand or serving a sentence, together with their families.
Extradition and National Court cases
Defence in nationally or internationally significant proceedings.
Police-station assistance
Immediate legal assistance following arrest and rigorous protection of the detained person’s rights.
Criminal proceedings and appeals
Representation from the earliest investigation through trial and every appropriate appeal.
Financial and corporate crime
Defence in corporate, tax, property and economic-crime proceedings.
Complex criminal proceedings
Defence in large-scale cases, multi-defendant investigations and other exceptionally complex matters.
Personal service
How assistance is provided
A direct and confidential approach designed to understand each matter properly from the outset.
Initial telephone conversation
Explain the case directly to Rafael Jiménez de Oliva, without call centres or unnecessary travel.
Personal representation
If he accepts the matter, Rafael personally studies the case, assists at the relevant court and visits clients held in prison.
Clear fees
Fees are agreed only after the case has been considered, accepted and the client decides to instruct him.
Professional career
A professional life dedicated to criminal defence.
A member of the Las Palmas Bar Association, Rafael Jiménez de Oliva has practised primarily in the Canary Islands across criminal and prison-law matters of very different types and levels of complexity.
His work has been covered by Televisión Española, Canarias7, La Provincia, ABC and other national and regional media.
Television and press
Documented professional experience.
Cases and professional appearances covered by Spanish national and Canary Islands media.
Spanish Television · Comando Actualidad
Comando Actualidad · Drug offences
Experience in large-scale criminal cases
Recent collective proceedings involving eleven, nine and nine represented clients.
Quórum Social 77 remains under investigation; the petaqueo proceedings were provisionally discontinued and closed; and the Kasbah case was closed in respect of all nine clients represented.
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Provisional discontinuance and closure of the case
Following the defence of nine suspects, the investigating court in San Bartolomé de Tirajana ordered provisional discontinuance and closure on 16 September 2026 because the alleged offence had not been sufficiently established.
View the official Guardia Civil publicationNine clients released and the case subsequently closed
All nine clients represented were released pending trial. Following the investigation, the proceedings against all nine were closed.
Read the Canarias7 reportThe outcomes stated relate only to the identified proceedings. The petaqueo discontinuance is provisional and the order was subject to the legally available appeals. Every person under investigation retains the full right to the presumption of innocence.
Selected professional press archive
A career widely covered by the media.
These reports provide representative examples from thirty years of criminal practice.
Canarias7Police asked a detainee to pose as a member of a drug-trafficking network in order to recover the drugsLa ProvinciaLawyers who do not stop during the summer: people are in prison and must be assistedEL PAÍSThe Canary Islands NGO proceedings and the defence position presented by Rafael Jiménez de OlivaABCVessel seized with 1,500 kilograms of cocaine
Professional reputation
Thirty years of experience backed by client trust.
Rafael Jiménez de Oliva maintains a 5.0 rating across 408 published Google reviews.
In a demanding field such as criminal law, this volume of feedback and the highest possible rating demonstrate exceptional client confidence.
Proven experience
Thirty years representing Spanish and international clients.
Personal defence
Direct involvement from the initial enquiry through trial and appeals.
Media recognition
A professional career and numerous cases documented by the media.
Criminal defence in the Canary Islands
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