Joint thematic report on the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

1 'Practice Advice of the Management and Use of the Proceeds of Crime Legislation'. The National Policing Improvement Agency, 2008.

2 See paragraph 206 in the partnership section of this report

3 "Letting our communities flourish" - The Serious Organised Crime Strategy - The Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, 2009

4 'Practice Advice of the Management and Use of the Proceeds of Crime Legislation'. The National Policing Improvement Agency, 2008.

5 See Appendix 1 for structure of COPFS specialist units

6 Scottish Strategic Assessment for 2009/10, The Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland, 2009

7 See Appendices 5 and 6

8 Appendix 7

9 See Appendix 4 for a fuller explanation of the case law relating to the interpretation of money laundering

10 As a result of the Sewell Memorandum: Proceeds of Crime Bill Session 1999 - 2003

11 Review of the Suspicious Activity Reports Regime (The SARS Review), 2006. Sir Stephen Lander. The Serious Organised Crime Agency.

12 The Suspicious Activity Reports Regime Annual Report, 2007. The Serious Organised Crime Agency

13 Appendix 5

14 Wright v HMA 2007 SLT 597

15 See textbox at paragraph 78

16 Appendix 5

17 Opinion of Lord Eassie in HMA v H [2007] CSOH 41

18 Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Confiscation Proceedings) 2009

19 Rv Broadhead 2006 EWCA Crim 3062

20 See Appendix 4

21 [2009] HCJAC 60

22 See Results section of this report ( Chapter 7)

23 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/05/09105454

24 'Practice Advice on the Management and Use of Proceeds of Crime Legislation', 2008. NPIA

25 See Appendix 2

26 The Research Development and Statistics Directorate Research Report 17, published July 2009

27 Paragraphs 129 to 138

28 The term 'secured' reflects the combined value of confiscation orders made by the courts, and the value of civil cash forfeitures and civil asset recoveries

29 Home Office

30 DB Smith "Prosecution and Defence of forfeiture cases"

31 DB Smith supra

32 This was confirmed in the recent decision of Pollock and Kenmure v PF Hamilton 2009 HCJAC 34

33 Section 144 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002