The P roceeds of C rime A ct 2002 ( POCA ) (as amended) is an example of a growing trend towards the use of hybrid civilcriminal legislation. The Act can be situated within a criminal justice paradigm, often referred to as the new penology of risk, or actuarial justice ( F eeley ...
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c.29) (POCA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provides for civil recovery of the proceeds from crime and created the Assets Recovery Agency. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 was enacted after a lengthy gestation period, including the ...
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The Role of the Regulated Sector in the UK Anti-Money Laundering Framework: Pushing the Boundaries of the Private Police offence' under s330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 and its consequential effect on the engagement of the regulated sector with the SARs ... E Mo - 《Journal ...
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) (as amended) is an example of a growing trend towards the use of hybrid civil-criminal legislation. The Act can be situated within a criminal justice paradigm, often referred to as the 'new penology' of risk, or 'actuarial justice' (Feeley and ...
Introduces the very wideranging and draconian Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (PoCA) and its provisions under section 7 for denying the commercial and banking system to would-be money launderers: they are intended to turn bankers, accountants and lawyers into the unofficial policemen of financial ...
Civil forfeiture is not a new tool, however; rather, a similar type of legislation had previously been enacted in the anti-terrorism realm, and this experience was influential in designing the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) in 1996. After setting out this background, the chapter moves on to ...
The author discusses the introduction of the civil recovery proceedings in Great Britain's Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) as an alternative way of government agencies depriving targets of their assets accrued in consequence of their criminal activity. He notes that one of the primary basis of...
policingcriminal justiceProceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA)Recent shifts in modes of criminal justice have precipitated a startling expansion of police powers in England and Wales (Brownlee 1998; Reiner 2007). The ProceSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
This paper analyses the implications of Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) for banks and professionals. The key areas discussed are: the tipping-off offence and its impact upon client confidentiality; professional negligence and the current scope of legal privilege; and the impact ...