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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9569

20 December 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Member states are not correctly applying legislation on confiscating proceeds of crime

Brussels, 19/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 18 December, the European Commission criticised several member states for incorrect transposition of 2005 legislation on confiscating the proceeds of crime. The European commissioner for legal affairs, Franco Frattini, stated in a press release: “I am disappointed that so many member states have yet to take steps to empower their law enforcement agencies to confiscate property acquired by offenders as a result of criminal activities”....

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