Dec 2003

• 11/12/03 Issue 16 - 11/12/03
  On 24 November, Cambridgeshire Constabulary had their fourth cash seizure, taking the total seized this year to over £200,000. A Porsche was observed travelling at speed through Peterborough and failing to stop at traffic lights. ......

Nov 2003

• 27/11/03 Issue 15 - 27/11/03
  The Enforcement Taskforce, established in December 2002 to ensure that criminals subject to existing confiscation orders pay up in full, last week announced that it had recovered £20 million since its inception. ......
• 13/11/03 Issue 14 - 13/11/03
  In July this year, following a lengthy investigation by the City of London Police Fraud Squad and Financial Investigation Unit, two defendants were convicted at Harrow Crown Court of conspiracy to defraud, obtaining services by deception and money laundering. ......

Oct 2003

• 30/10/03 Issue 13 - 30/10/03
  The Assets Recovery Agency’s Belfast office has lodged its first application for a Recovery Order in the High Court. The case involves an individual currently serving a sentence of imprisonment for armed robbery. The assets are valued at a net £85,000 and have been secured by a Mareva Injunction. ......
• 16/10/03 Issue 12 - 16/10/03
  The Assets Recovery Agency has been operational for nearly 8 months. To date it has had 82 cases referred to it for civil recovery, of which 41 have been adopted for investigation, and 28 of which are under assessment. In ......
• 02/10/03 Issue 11 - 02/10/03
  In what is believed to be the first conviction under S327 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Customs Officers at Heathrow intercepted a Dutch female on 4 April 2003, in transit from Amsterdam to Montego Bay, Jamaica. ......

Sep 2003

• 18/09/03 Issue 10 - 18/09/03
  The biggest forfeiture of cash in Scotland under the new Proceeds of Crime Act was granted on 4 September. Customs officers had seized more than £93,000 from an individual near Lockerbie in April 2003, because there was reasonable suspicion that it was related to criminal activity. ......
• 04/09/03 Issue 9 - 04/09/03
  The Enforcement Taskforce, which was established in December 2002 to ensure that criminals subject to existing confiscation orders pay up in full, has to date remitted £14,481,217 (from 244 defendants) to Magistrates' Courts. ......

Jul 2003

• 31/07/03 Issue 8 - 31/07/03
  Earlier this month the Assets Recovery Agency was granted a Mareva Injunction in the High Court in Belfast, for assets with a value of £95,000. The individual concerned has a long criminal record and is currently serving a prison sentence. ......
• 17/07/03 Issue 7 - 17/07/03
  On 2nd July Staffordshire police, during a search over an un-related matter, discovered in excess of two tonnes of cannabis resin with an estimated value of £5 million pounds. Two persons were arrested and cash to the value of £143,000 was seized and civil forfeiture commenced. ......
• 03/07/03 Issue 6 - 03/07/03
  In the High Court in Belfast on 23 June, the Assets Recovery Agency was granted the first two Disclosure Orders and the first three search warrants issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act. ......

Jun 2003

• 19/06/03 Issue 5 - 19/06/03
  The Enforcement Taskforce, which was established in December 2002 to ensure that criminals subject to existing confiscation orders pay up in full, has to date remitted £8,920,745 (156 defendants) to Magistrates' Courts. ......
• 05/06/03 Issue 4 - 05/06/03
  Assets worth almost £1.3 million have been restrained by Court Order in an application made by Sussex Police working with Sussex CPS. ......

May 2003

• 22/05/03 Issue 3 - 22/05/03
  The British Transport Police had its first seizure under the new POCA cash seizure powers on 15th April 2003. ......
• 08/05/03 Issue 2 - 08/05/03
  The new cash seizure powers within the Proceeds of Crime Act extends the powers that were available in the Drug Trafficking legislation to enable the seizure of cash inland, as well as at the borders, and for all crimes. ......

Apr 2003

• 24/04/03 Issue 1 - 24/04/03
  Since its inception, 25 cases have been referred to the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA), with assets valued at just over £20 million. ......