Proceeds of crime
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Two broad approaches towards confiscating the proceeds of crime have developed since the conception of using confiscation as a response to acquisitive crime—the punitive approach and the deprivatory approach. The Hodgson Committee in 1984... more
Civil forfeiture is a modern crime control instrument that targets property linked to criminal activity. A recent addition to the State’s crime control toolbox, the development of civil forfeiture in Ireland and in Canada shows... more
The present article deals with the application of the net worth method in the financial crime case study of John and Gayle Fawn. The UK Crown Prosecution Serviceaccuses the defendants of having committed offences against the Proceeds of... more
Civil forfeiture is playing an increasingly prominent role in the fight against organised crime. While this tool is attractive to law enforcement agencies, it does give rise to concerns under Art 6 of the ECHR. Such proceedings ought to... more
It is a notorious fact that professional and habitual criminals frequently take steps to conceal their profits from crime. Effective but fair powers of confiscating the proceeds of crime are therefore essential. Lord Steyn The Act was... more
This article analyses how the monies generated for, and from, corporate financial crimes are controlled, concealed, and converted through the use of organisational structures in the form of otherwise legitimate corporate entities and... more
Corruption in Nigeria is so notorious that data and statistics are no longer necessary to prove and establish that the proportion is endemic. Corruption, no doubts, has eaten deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian polity and system so much... more
"Structured Abstract Purpose: Targeting criminal assets plays a key role in tackling crime, yet there is a notable absence of research on the operation and impact of this approach. This article calls for greater engagement between... more
This article argues that the conceptualisation of private police in current academic literature requires expansion to accommodate the role of the regulated sector in the Anti- Money Laundering (AML) framework. Firstly, it evaluates the... more
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse those obligations to share information and deliver assistance which flow from the legislation intended to prevent the money laundering as contained in the Law 19/2003 of the 4 July, which... more
Edited by: Colin King and Clive Walker Adopting a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this book focuses on the emerging and innovative aspects of attempts to target the accumulated assets of those engaged in criminal and... more
Kuwaiti law has long taken action against forms of ‘dirty money.’ This action is embodied in the legal responses provided by the Protection of Public Funds Act 1993, the Anti-Corruption Authority Act 2016, and the Anti-Money Laundering... more
In recent years an increasing quantity of UK legislation has introduced blended or 'hybridised' procedures that blur the previously clear demarcation between civil and criminal legal processes, typically on the grounds of... more
Key words: Extended confiscation. – Proceeds of crime. – Innocent third parties. – Right of pursuit..... Summary.... The author, in this paper, is looking for Ariadne’s thread, which would help us to find the way through the lеgal... more
This book examines the phenomenon of ‘grand corruption’ in Kuwait and the pattern in the wider region. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the work places corruption in its sociological, political and economic context to explore the... more