Introduction
This presentation is divided into two parts:
1. An outline of the domestic asset recovery regime;
2. An overview of the way in which the UK can assist overseas
jurisdictions
There has been a confiscation regime in England and Wales since 1986 when
the Drug Trafficking Offences Act came into force to confiscate the
proceeds of drug trafficking. Since then there have been a number of
subsequent pieces of legislation enacted with the intention of extending the
powers available to the prosecutor to deprive criminals of their financial
lifeblood.
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 extended confiscation to cover the proceeds
of non-drug crimes and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 which is discussed
in further detail below provided further powers