The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: FOI release

Information requested

Information on the total amounts received under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2021/22.

Response

I attach the information in the format you requested. With regards to the total amounts of monies received under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for the financial years noted above, the table below shows these dis-aggregated as criminal confiscations; and as asset recovery and cash forfeiture under civil proceedings. Since 2019/20, remittance under civil proceedings have been further dis-aggregated to include amounts recovered under Account Freezing Orders and Listed Assets, following commencement of the Criminal Finances Act 2017.

	CRIMINAL CONFISCATION RECEIPTS REMITTED TO THE SCOTTISH CONSOLIDATED FUND
	YEAR	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	TOTALS
	Value of Orders Remitted	3,692,861	3,397,829	3,978,114	2,881,668	13,950,471
	CIVIL RECOVERY RECEIPTS REMITTED TO THE SCOTTISH CONSOLIDATED FUND
	YEAR	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	TOTALS
	Asset Recovery	1,353,839	1,742,848	2,275,962	2,243,247	7,615,896
	Cash Forfeiture	1,904,446	2,226,923	2,141,445	2,235,104	8,507,919
	Account Freezing		139,396	972,912	464,267	1,437,179
	Listed Assets		35,893	129,387	47,634	177,022
	TOTAL CIVIL RECOVERY	3,258,285	4,145,060	5,519,707	4,990,253	17,738,016
	TOTALS	6,951,146	7,542,888	9,497,821	7,871,921	31,863,776
	* Account Freezing and Listed Assets data only recorded since 2019/20 following commencement of the Criminalnces Act 2017

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