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<p>The table below shows the primary offence type for all confiscation orders made
between 01/04/2012 and 31/03/2013 and the current amount paid against those impositions
as of 16/01/2015. The ‘Amount Paid’ does not include any sums of interest that may
have been collected on those orders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Primary
Offence Type</p></td><td><p>Amount Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arms Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£
2,274.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bribery and Corruption</p></td><td><p>£ 724.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary
/ Theft</p></td><td><p>£ 5,178,518.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Counterfeiting / Intellectual
Property / Forgery</p></td><td><p>£ 3,482,693.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£
27,142,467.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Excise Duty Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 1,250,612.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Handling
Stolen Goods</p></td><td><p>£ 778,521.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property
Crime</p></td><td><p>£ 390,863.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Money Laundering - Drugs</p></td><td><p>£
8,183,885.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Money Laundering - Other</p></td><td><p>£ 18,291,592.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
Crime</p></td><td><p>£ 8,045,149.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Fraud / Embezzlement
/ Deception / Crimes of dishonesty</p></td><td><p>£ 22,650,449.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People
Trafficking</p></td><td><p>£ 281,589.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pimps and Brothels
/ Prostitution / Pornography</p></td><td><p>£ 965,260.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>£
167,503.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax and Benefit Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 9,078,615.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Terrorism</p></td><td><p>£
39,945.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trading Standards Offences</p></td><td><p>£ 435,591.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>£
125,986.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VAT Fraud</p></td><td><p>£ 10,548,046.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle
Offences</p></td><td><p>£ 917,892.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£
117,958,186.51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Confiscation orders
are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of
the proceeds of their crimes. They are based on the notional benefit attributed to
the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known
to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an order that is outstanding stops
the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if assets are
discovered in the future, they can be seized.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals
Service (HMCTS) and other agencies involved in confiscation order enforcement take
the recovery of criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping
down on defaulters is a continued priority.</p><p> </p><p>The amount defendants repaid
from their criminal activity across all agencies has increased for the last five consecutive
years and we are currently on course to have another highly effective year. £137.2million
was collected in 2013/14 (which represented a 4% increase on the total recovered during
2012/13); as at the end of December 2014, £113 million had been recovered, which is
an increase of 10% on the same period last year.</p>
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