Why Choose Jones + Associates for Confiscations / Proceeds of Crime matters
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oth the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments have enacted legislation that seeks to target the alleged proceeds of crime, those being the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act (Qld) 2002 and the Proceeds of Crime Act (Cth) 2002.
These pieces of legislation allow the government (whether State or Commonwealth) to make an application to restrain and/or forfeit any property or monies suspected of being the proceeds of an offence.
Importantly, there does not need to be any proving of guilt or a conviction for any offence before these applications can be successfully made.
Unlike defending a criminal matter, the “accused” person to any application must prove on the balance of probabilities that the relevant property or monies are not tainted by a crime.
It is not enough that the government cannot prove the relevant property/money is tainted, it is encumbent upon the “accused” to prove that there is an innocent explanation for the property/money.
The applications can be particularly arduous as the relevant accounts or property can be frozen prior to the hearing of any application and throughout the court process, limiting one’s ability to access their resources to assist in defending any application.
There is no fairness to the legislation governing this area of law and should you or anyone close to you be served with any confiscations/ proceeds of crime paperwork you should call the experts at Jones + Associates.
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Having been involved in some of Queensland’s biggest legal cases, we know a thing or two about the importance of evidence. We’ve trawled through literally rooms of every conceivable piece of evidence in very complex legal cases.
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