Stripped of Cash - the Proceeds of Crime Act Reaps Rewards
Home Office Press Release
14 June 2006
Police, customs officers and public agencies seized a record £96
million from criminals last financial year, 2005-2006, Home Office
Minister Vernon Coaker announced today. Also announced today is a
new incentive scheme for 2006-07 that will allow recovery agencies
to retain half of what they recover. This is in order to encourage
agencies to recover more criminal assets.
But this was how the papers reported this "record":
"Agency for seizing criminal underworld's assets defends its
record"
Daily Telegraph
15 June 2006