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Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs Written Evidence

Annex C

Total number
of referrals 		Total number
of withdrawals		 Value of
withdrawals		Insufficient
criminality[2] 		Insufficient
assets[3] 		Ongoing LEA
investigation[4]


Loyalist		33 8£1.27m1 43
Republican167 £1.57m02 4 (+ 1 probable)







2   This means that the Agency was unable to verify sufficient history of acquisitive crime to convince a court to grant orders under POCA. Back

3   This means that ARA was unable to locate sufficient assets to meet the POCA threshold. There can be many reasons for this. Often the referring Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) will identify that there appear to be assets but further enquiry by the Agency identifies that these lie outside the 12 year POCA time horizon for civil recovery or are heavily mortgaged. Back

4   This means that the LEA withdrew the case from ARA, normally because evidence of criminality had been identified and the LEA then wished to pursue a full criminal investigation, possibly leading to criminal confiscation. Back


 
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