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ARTICLE · 29 OCTOBER 2019

frESH Law Horizons - September 2019

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Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you our monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure; providing bite-size updates on EU and UK law and policy.

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Proceeds of Crime Statistics

The Home Office has published the Asset Recovery Statistical Bulletin, which includes data on amounts collected from confiscation orders and cash forfeitures and compensation to victims from confiscation orders, as part of a "snapshot" of assets recovered using Proceeds of Crime Act powers, as amended by the Criminal Finances Act 2017. The data shows that in 2018/19, just under £217 million of "proceeds of crime" were collected, which represents a 21% increase compared with 2013/14. Proceeds of crime powers are used by some authorities regularly in relation to corporate and regulatory offences, such as prosecutions for breaches of environmental or product safety law.

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