Issue - meetings
Developments in Proceeds of Crime Legislation
Meeting: 05/06/2008 - Executive Member For Neighbourhood Services and Advisory Panel (Item 6)
6 Developments in Proceeds of Crime Legislation 
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This report inform Members of developments in the law aimed at the recovery of criminal assets and the disruption of crime.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised:
(i) That the content of this report be noted and the use of any monies received, in accordance with the Home Office Guidance, be approved.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To ensure the Executive Member and Advisory Panel are informed of developments in proceeds of crime legislation and that monies received are allocated in accordance with Home Office guidance.
Minutes:
Members received a report which informed them of developments in the law aimed at the recovery of criminal assets and the disruption of crime.
The Assistant Director (Neighbourhoods and Community Safety) explained how the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 enabled police and other enforcement bodies, like trading standards, to recover the criminal assets of those people living off the proceeds of crime. He explained how a system of incentivisation existed whereby half of any money recovered (and repaid) was retained by the government and the remaining half was divided equally between the court, the prosecuting body and the investigating body. Members expressed a view that the Council should have a bigger share of the funds.
Members welcomed the report and expressed their appreciation for the time and effort Officers had spent in the preparation of cases.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised:
That the content of this report be noted and the use of any monies received, in accordance with the Home Office Guidance, be approved.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To ensure the Executive Member and Advisory Panel are informed of developments in proceeds of crime legislation and that monies received are allocated in accordance with Home Office guidance.