Proceeds of crime
Alternative labels
Asset confiscation
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Proceeds of crime: Do NSW police seize more than the rest of Australia?
New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell claims NSW collects more from proceeds of crime than all other states and the federal government combined.
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Selling your story: literary proceeds orders under the Commonwealth Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
The Commonwealth's Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (the Act) commenced on 1 January 2003. The Act provides a scheme to trace, restrain and confiscate the proceeds of certain classes of crime against Commonwealth law. In some circumstances it can also be used to confiscate the proceeds of crime against foreign law or the proceeds of...
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Selling your story: literary proceeds orders under the Commonwealth Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
This Background Note explores the provisions that allow for the confiscation of profits that are obtained from a person’s sale or publication of his or her story.