Subjects:

Criminal Law

Contents:

Assets recovery agency

investigation powers

customer information orders

account monitoring orders

restraint orders

management receivers

production orders

confiscation, search and seizure warrants

draft forms for Crown Court

applications

step-by-step guide to making confiscation orders

key definitions

relevant case law

procedural guide

orders in the defendant's absence

enforcement powers

enforcement receivers

money laundering

reconsideration, variation and discharge

appeal

confiscation with a criminal conviction

civil recovery investigations and orders

interim receiving orders

recovery of cash in summary proceedings.

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The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 introduces a new regime for seizing assets that have been acquired through criminal conduct. The new Act:-

• unifies the confiscation regimes for drugs and other offences;
• creates an Asset Recovery Agency (ARA);
• seeks to target lifestyle criminals;
• replaces and strengthens the existing investigation procedures, providing the crown court with a series of new powers to freeze assets and obtain information and disclosure;
• and creates new money laundering offences, replacing existing legislation.

This book provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of the new Act, with particular emphasis on the practical aspects of applying for and resisting confiscation orders. It is accompanied by the full text of the legislation as it applies to England and Wales.