Relationship between criminal prosecution and civil rehabilitation
Criminal prosecution, especially paper intensive fraud, corruption and money laundering is expensive. The standard of certification is high, it is difficult to predict the result, the system is not intended to lose the procedure of criminal acts mainly for the state. Some may think that this explains the introduction of voluntary forfeiture proceedings and the recent grant of binding power to the indictment authorities. This kind of force is not entirely new. For example, HM Customs had the authority to confiscate goods for a long time. However, general citizenship resilience was introduced by Part 5 of the 2002 Criminal Procedure Proceedings. Procedures are scheduled in the High Court and CPR applies. Initially, only the Director of the Asset Collection Agency was able to bring it out. ARA was abolished and its authority was transferred to the Crime Organized Crime Agency in 2007. At the same time, the right to raise a civil trial at the Crown Prosecuti...