... of corruption and the alleged corruption where it is derived before the court can make the order of forfeiture. There are two modes of forfeiture: conviction based on penal conviction, where the assets are acquired via proceeds of corruption, whereas civil forfeiture is not centred on the criminal conviction...

... of a crime committed within the jurisdiction of the USA are located in a foreign bank account, the US court may issue an order forfeiting an equivalent sum of money from the correspondent bank account that the foreign bank maintains in the US. Thus, instead of filing a civil forfeiture action against...

...Stefan D. Cassella Purpose Civil forfeiture is an increasingly common way for governments to relieve criminal wrongdoers of the proceeds of their crimes and to restore the property to the victims of the offense. The question that is asked, however, is this: Is civil forfeiture an essential tool...

... of the criminalization of illicit enrichment proves to be less promising than that of civil forfeiture. First, it is contentious in the context of proportionality and ultima ratio. Second, it may infringe upon the prohibition of self-incrimination. Third, it appears that collecting sufficient evidence...

... of proceedings. This paper aims to investigate whether the current civil forfeiture regime in Malaysia is effective in fighting against money laundering. This paper will be based on a doctrinal research where reliance will mainly be on relevant case laws and legislations. AMLATFA is the primary...

..., is it for the courts to fill the lacunae, however desirable such a course may seem. That must be left to the legislator[ 13 ]. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Anti-money laundering Proceeds of crime Civil forfeiture Forfeiture Mutual legal assistance treaty Non-conviction asset forfeiture...

... of crime Global Civil forfeiture Legislation Case law Crime Proposed as a strategy for tackling criminal revenues, the taxation of the proceeds of crime proves less a new approach than a need to emphasize and encourage reliance upon a standard practice of tax law. Taxing criminal finance merely...