The Home Office Magic Money Tree

Tristram Hicks spent a decade on the UK Criminal Finance Board & in operational command of financial investigators. He now teaches and researches.

If criminal justice policy brings tangible success it is common practice to broadcast this loud and clear. So, why hasn’t the UK government trumpeted the growing gains from asset recovery since the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and before, asks Tristram Hicks, nor yet considered their bearing on the level of acquisitive crime?