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Undeclared foreign accounts in Italy

Avv. Massimo Romano · updated 18/08/2026

Undeclared foreign accounts in Italy is decided by the provision below, by how the facts are qualified, and by what is done in the first weeks. Sentence, criminal record and right of residence follow from that. We answer on your own facts, at any hour, and you need not be in Italy.

Provision: D.L. 167/1990 (quadro RW); D.lgs. 74/2000
Checked 18/08/2026.

What this page covers

Whether Undeclared foreign accounts in Italy ends in a conviction, and with what sentence, depends on how the facts are qualified and on decisions taken in the first weeks — long before any trial.

Governing provision: D.L. 167/1990 (quadro RW); D.lgs. 74/2000

The questions that decide the outcome

  • What is actually happening
  • When conduct becomes an offence
  • Financial exposure
  • Your options
  • Effect on your right to stay in Italy

What people ask us about this

  • Do I have to declare foreign bank accounts in Italy?

Avv. Massimo Romano — Italian criminal defence lawyer, Naples Bar no. 14553, admitted to plead before the Court of Cassation since 23 October 2015.

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