| Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011 Source: Cliff Caswell - Security Oracle |
The Range Rover Sport – reclaimed
under the Proceeds of Crime Act – has been branded with anti-crime messages and
is being parked up where warrants are being executed. And after the previous
owner was sent to prison for 18 months, officers said that the luxury car would
make other offenders realise how much they too could lose.
As well as being used to
highlight where warrants are being executed, the vehicle has also been involved
in a tour of prisons in the Force area and parked at other high-profile
locations.
According to Kent Police, some
£3.7 million was ordered for seizure from convicted criminals through
Confiscation Orders between April and November 2011.
DI Mark Fairhurst of the Kent and
Essex Serious Crime Directorate emphasised that reclaiming the spoils of
criminality remained a priority for officers.
He added: "Criminals may
believe they are becoming smarter at hiding assets but investigators will bring
them before the courts to recover the proceeds from their criminal behaviour.
"Not only does POCA take the
money out of criminals' pockets and stop them using it to commit offences, it
is put back into policing to reinvest in initiatives to reduce crime."
Under POCA proceedings, offenders
are given a set time to pay orders. Forces work closely with the Court
Enforcement Unit to ensure offenders are held to account within the time given.
Around £9m was recovered by Kent
Police through the Act last year and £1.6 was handed to Kent Police under the
Home Office's Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme.
This was the second highest
figure in the UK and the highest ever for Kent.
Cliff Caswell - Security Oracle
Update by Paul
There are two cars outside New Scotland Yard which were uninsured and seized by the Met Police
Update by Paul
There are two cars outside New Scotland Yard which were uninsured and seized by the Met Police
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| Photographs by Master B Bell |
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