Inspection Protocol for Financial Investigation
Powers to confiscate the proceeds of crime and to combat money laundering are a recentdevelopment in United Kingdom Law. Since the entry of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986there has been intense legislative activity in this area. The 1986 Act has itself been amendedon several occasions and has been consolidated in the Drug Trafficking Act 1994. Part VI of theCriminal Justice Act 1988 contains all crime confiscation legislation and has been enhanced bythe additional powers created under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1995. The provision for theconfiscation of terrorist funds was contained in Schedule 4, Northern Ireland (EmergencyProvisions) Act 1991 and were only available in Northern Ireland. However, these were repealedin August 1996 and a separate terrorist-related confiscation scheme is no longer deemed to benecessary given the enactment of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Thismakes provision for the confiscation of the proceeds of all serious crime, and creates additionalpowers of investigation which are not generally available elsewhere in the UK.
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