Confiscation
A term from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice (APP), reproduced under the Open Government Licence with a link back to the authoritative source.
Definition
The legal process of taking ownership of assets.
This definition is drawn from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice. For the full operational guidance and current wording, read it at source.
Related terms
Asset recovery
The process of retrieving assets that are illegally obtained.
Cash seizure
The process of confiscating cash or monetary instruments suspected to be proceeds of crime.
Civil recovery
The process of recovering assets through civil courts, without necessitating a criminal conviction.
Criminal property
Any property that represents the proceeds of crime.
Financial investigation
Any investigation into a person or person’s financial matters.
Money laundering
The process of concealing the origin of illegally obtained money.
Definition reproduced from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the source link above for the authoritative, current wording.