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Purpose – In recent years an emerging global trend of introducing legislation to use civil procedures against criminal assets can be detected. However, these civil forfeiture models, which exist vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. This pa per se eks to identify issues which need to be...

Illustrates the formidable obstacles facing an attorney who acts as a financial intermediary in US narcotics and other cases where forfeiture charges may be brought. Summarises the lengthy history of two cases in the 1990s involving a renowned US attorney, F. Lee Bailey; in the one case he acted...

Examines the trend to use standalone civil forfeiture procedures as an alternative to criminal processes for removing the proceeds of crime, outlining the distinction in most legal systems between criminal and civil. Explains why civil recovery is preferred: the standard of proof is lower,...

Argues that confiscation of criminals’ assets is an effective and justifiable way of depriving them of the proceeds of crimes such as drug trafficking. Describes the challenges facing confiscation and the reasons why there has so far been only modest success in this. Refers to legal cases in...

Discusses the prosecution of solicitor Jonathan Duff for failing to disclose his suspicions of money laundering by two clients; he was sentenced to six months imprisonment. Outlines the police’s statutory powers to obtain production orders for investigating the proceeds of crime, including...

Considers how the rights of children, protected under the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and its Bill of Rights, can be reconciled with the effects of heavy fines, asset forfeiture and confiscation orders on economic offenders. Clarifies the concepts of forfeiture and confiscation....

Stresses that the criminal economy is much more cash‐intensive than the legitimate economy, and explains why. Indicates the scope of the problem for crime control: that carrying illegal proceeds as cash across national border remains an important method of money laundering. Outlines the...

Uses open source material to examine how terrorist groups raise money for their operations, and how this can be disrupted. Discusses the costs of terrorist campaigns, the sources of terrorist funding and the laundering of terrorist finance, UK anti‐terrorism legislation, the problems for...

Describes how asset forfeiture works in the USA; both civil and criminal forfeiture of property are used to recover property involved in crime that crosses national borders, and each has its advantages. Shows how the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act 2000 (CAFRA) and the PATRIOT Act 2001 deal...