Proceeds of Crime
Commons · Question 41360 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Calum Miller
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the 2002 Proceeds of Crime Act in recovering criminal profits made from high-profile theft.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 1 Apr 2025
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) is the primary framework for recovering the proceeds of crime. POCA is crime agnostic and can be applied for any crime type where the criminal has benefited from crime. If a defendant is convicted of a criminal offenc...