Drug Offences in UK Law
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Illegal Money Lending - A Crack-Down In The South West
... ... All lawyers, not just those who defend frauds/dishonesty offences, can expect to see more prosecutions of this type due to the associated ... to date that 'loan sharks' are involved in other major crimes – drug offences, violence, running brothels amongst others. The new IMLTs' ... ...
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Arrested On Holiday In Europe? Giambrone & Partners Can Help You
... ... without the benefit of any legal advice ... Drunkenness and drug use account for a large number of the ... arrests in European countries, ... serious consequences, the considerable variation in how drug ... offences are regarded across Europe is less well known. Just ... because your ... ...
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Custody Time Limits And Why They Matter
... ... repeated specified offences. Otherwise, in cases involving ... indictable only and imprisonable either ... his arrest last October awaiting trial for drug offences ... Efforts throughout the Coronavirus pandemic have been aimed ... ...
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Saul Better Make His Own Call: New Liability For Enablers Of Organised Crime
... ... who knowingly facilitate money laundering, fraud, corruption, drug-dealing and other organised crime. They provide the financial, legal and ... To rely on either of these two offences, therefore, prosecutors had to prove their mental components: knowledge or ... ...
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Restraint Orders: Payments To Third Party Creditors
... ... Identifying the Appropriate Statute ... For offences committed before 24 March 2003, the applicable regime for restraint and nfiscation is the Criminal Justice Act 1988 or (for drug trafficking offences) the Drug Trafficking Act 1994. Offences committed on ... ...
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Road Traffic Law: Enhanced Enforcement To Reduce Drink Driving?
... ... drink and drug driving offences decrease, some areas in the UK ... recorded more than the ... ...
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Deferred Prosecution Agreements 5 Years On – the Americanisation of UK Corporate Crime Enforcement
Five years ago, in the spring of 2014, Deferred Prosecution Agreements ('DPAs') were first introduced in the UK through the Crime and Courts Act 2013 ('CCA').1 Since then, the Serious Fraud Office ...... ... Economic Crime Offence ... Currently, offences involving the failure to prevent criminal conduct extends only to failure ... At least one such case, involving former police officers jailed for drug offences, was referred (ultimately unsuccessfully) to the Court of Appeal ... ...
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Follow the money - the Criminal Finances Bill
The Criminal Finances Bill sets out measures to combat money laundering and tax evasion that will also affect corporate compliance requirements, particularly in the finance and professional service...... ... The proposals include new corporate offences regarding tax evasion, changes to the current suspicious activity reports ... 4 This includes traditional organised crime offences such as drug trafficking and white collar offences such as money laundering, fraud, tax ... ...
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Confiscation Of The Proceeds Of Crime In The UK
... ... 1) consolidation and extension of previous legislation, Drug Trafficking Act 1994 and Criminal justice Act 1988, on post-conviction ... 5) introduction of stricter money laundering offences based on negligence ... 3. Since coming into force POCA has been ... ...
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Unexplained Wealth Orders, What You Can Do If One Lands On You
... ... The offences listed there are various and include drug trafficking, people trafficking, ... ...
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