The Audiencia Nacional de España, is a high court in Spain. It has its seat in Madrid, with jurisdiction over all of Spain. Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ... In law, jurisdiction refers to the aspect of a any unique legal authority as being localized within boundaries. ...
The Audiencia is composed of its President, the Presidents of the Court, and the magistrates that the law specifies for each one of its courts and divisions.
Appeals Court, which addresses differences between the law and the decisions of the Penal Court
Litigation-Adminstrative Court
Social Court
According to the United States Department of Defense, terrorism is the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ...
2.7 On 24 January the AudienciaNacional informed the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs of its intention to appeal in case the extradition was not granted.
Copy of this letter was sent to the AudienciaNacional by the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs only on 2 March at 11:18 hours, after the Spanish press had reported on it.
It was pursuant to this jurisdiction, which was confirmed by proceedings in the AudienciaNacional at an early stage, that the Spanish authorities were able to initiate their investigation of General Pinochet.
AudienciaNacional declina juzgar a Cavallo en favor de la Justicia argentina
La sección tercera de la Sala de lo Penal de la AudienciaNacional, en contra del criterio de la Fiscalía, acordó hoy dar prioridad a los tribunales argentinos en este asunto, ya que los hechos fueron cometidos en ese país y allí también se están investigando.
La Fiscalía de la AudienciaNacional pedía para él una pena mínima de 13.332 años de cárcel y otra máxima de 17.010, en función de que se le condenara por delitos de lesa humanidad o de genocidio y éstos estuvieran o no relacionados con delitos de terrorismo.