The non bis in idem rule apply to both criminal and administrative sentences

After being prosecuted and acquitted for the accused were ordered to pay civil penalties for their smuggling offense. Not surprisingly. The Court states a violation of the rule non bis in idem, enshrined in article 4 of protocol 7, which prohibits the courts of one State to pursue, prosecute or criminally punish for the same offense whoever has already been acquitted or convicted by a final ruling.

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