The Court of Justice of the European Union has provided guidance on specific provisions of the Directive (2014/42) on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime, in a judgment delivered on Thursday 21 October (Joined Cases C-845&863/19).
The case concerns two Bulgarians convicted in February 2019 for possession of highly dangerous narcotics. The money in their possession was not confiscated, as the two Bulgarians stated that the money belonged to family members...