Proceeds of crime Contents

Contents

Terms of Reference

Key facts

1 Background and Introduction

Seizure of Criminal Proceeds

Ineffectiveness of confiscation orders

Background to our inquiry

2 Collecting proceeds of crime

Investigation

Awareness at investigation level: Early restraint and seizure

Specialisation at investigation level

Suspicious Activity Reports and ELMER

Prosecution

Consistency at prosecutor and court level

Specialism and Confiscation Courts

Enforcement

Incentivising effective enforcement of POCA

Practical enforcement

3 Money laundering

Money laundering and proceeds of crime

Money laundering in the UK

The effectiveness of government policy

4 Success and accountability

Measures of success: collection or disruption?

What to do with £1.6 billion debt and those who don’t pay

Accountability

A lead agency for POCA

Coordination and data-sharing

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament




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11 July 2016