Bitcoin: Proceeds of Crime
Commons · Question 67525 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for Bitcoin seized from criminal activity.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 17 Jul 2025
The Home Office is responsible for the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).POCA equips law enforcement agencies with a range of powers to deprive criminals of their money, or other property connected to criminal activity, and recover the proceeds of crime, ...