Stripping Derbyshire criminals
Monday, 13 May, 2013
More than £1.3million was stripped from criminals in Derbyshire during the last year under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
The latest figures released by Derbyshire police show that between April 1, 2012 and the end of March 2013 more than £25,000 per week in cash and other assets were removed from offenders.
The latest figures released by Derbyshire police show that between April 1, 2012 and the end of March 2013 assets totaling £1,034,897 were confiscated at crown court in 65 separate cases under the act. During the same period, £273,886 was forfeited by magistrates in 62 separate hearings.
Some of the initiatives the money has been put back into within Derbyshire include, a community café in Gamesley, CCTV for Friends of Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, youth activities and extra training and equipment for officers investigating this type of crime.
Detective Inspector Rob King, from the East Midlands Fraud and Financial Investigation Unit, said: “Every week tens of thousands of pounds are being removed from criminals. “Some of this money comes back into Derbyshire and is used in the continued fight against crime and those profiting from criminal activity.”
