Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c. 29) is a United Kingdom law which provided for civil recovery and created the Assets Recovery Agency, amongst other things.

Amongst other things POCA 2002,made it easier to convict criminal suspects because prior to POCA 2002 being enacted,prosecutors had to rely on the DTA 1994 for offences of drug trafficking or CJA 1988 as amended by CJA 1993 (Criminal Justice Act) for proceeds of other crimes.In essence prior to POCA 2002,a prosecuting lawyer whilst proving the monies or assests where the proceeds of crime,it equally had to be proved "WHAT" type of crime the proceeds came from.This earlier position for criminal prosecutors,made convictions all the more difficult.Alas POCA 2002,has removed the problem,by removing the need to make a distinction between types of crime that brought forth the proceeds.