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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the (a) assets and (b) goods seized by the Assets Recovery Agency in each month since January, broken down by (i) value and (ii) country of origin; and if he will make a statement. [122613] Caroline Flint: I understand from the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency that providing the information in the form requested would risk identifying some or all of the subjects of the cases under investigation, contrary to orders of the court. Since the Agency assumed operational powers on 24 February this year, four orders have been obtained from the High Court in London and Belfast in connection with civil recovery proceedings under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to freeze property in the UK as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Property Value (£) Four bank accounts 173,800 One bank account 1-- Cash (four separate cases) 232,703.10 Investment/Premium Bonds (four separate cases) 163,321.31 Eight items of real property 1,843,513 Eight items of real property 1-- Stocks and shares (two separate cases) 1-- One vehicle 10,000 Total (excluding those assets yet to be valued) 2,423,337.41 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Value of asset(s) to be determined during course of investigation. No assets have yet been frozen or seized by the Assets Recovery Agency in connection with proceedings under Parts 2, 4 or 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

122613; 408 c717W;408 c715W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Assets Confiscation orders Assets Recovery Agency Finance Proceeds of crime Property Countries

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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