Should The Assets Of This Gang Of Evil Drug Dealers Be Seized By The State?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341805/Drug-dealers-lived-millionaire-lifestyle-drinking-Dom-Perignon-driving-Lamborghinis-5-5m-heroin-ring-jailed.html

[EDDIE51]

yes.

[2sp_]

Can't imagine anybody saying no.

[mikey4444]

Are we sure that assets WON'T be seized ? Is there anybody here on AB that can give us the legal position please ?

[FredPuli43]

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 s6 et seq.
The Act requires the court to find that the defendant has a criminal lifestyle which is funded by the proceeds of the crimes of which he he is convicted.The court then decides how much that funding has been and makes an order. Drug trafficking and money laundering are among the offences to which the Act applies

[Peter Pedant]

The way it works in Manc is that the police seize goods and require whomever to show it is acquired lawfully.

The star amount being 105 k cash found beneath a patio.

The police keep the money but that may have been changed

[FredPuli43]

That sounds like the Police Property Act PP, whereby the boys seize anything as an exhibit (!) even though the bloke is not charged, and hang on to it until he troubles the magistrate for an order for it to be restored. The Proceeds of Crime Act covers a whole range of offences and enables the court to make an order for payment of whatever money it thinks appropriate, quite regardless of whether any particular object or sum is found and shown to be bought with money from,or obtained by, any particular crime

[Brenden]

Every last single penny, and any assets accumulated by family members in the last few year.

[ludwig]

No. I think they should be allowed to keep them.

[craft1948]

Why is that Ludwig?

[ludwig]

It's just such a stupid question. Of course they shouldn't.

[ludwig]

..shouldn't be allowed to keep them I mean.

[anotheoldgit]

ludwig

Then why give a stupid answer?