No guideline for laundering of proceeds of drugs – too wide variation. Citations: Times 05-Apr-1994 Statutes: Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 24(1) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Criminal Sentencing Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.87381
The defendant appealed his sentence for conspiracy to supply counterfeit drugs. Held: The defendant need only serve the sentence if he failed to pay a penalty which the court had decided he could afford to pay. Appeal dismissed. Judges: Scott Baker LJ, Holland J, Loraine-Smith J Citations: [2006] EWCA Crim 2717 Links: Bailii Statutes: Medicines … Continue reading Valentine v Regina: CACD 10 Nov 2006
Valuation of drugs in confiscation order.Applying the 1994 Act, sections 2(3) and 4(1) were directed to gross payments and not net profits. Judges: Lord Bingham of Cornhill LCJ, Sachs, Toulson JJ Citations: [1996] EWCA Crim 1799, [1997] 2 Cr App R (S) 110, [1997] Crim LR 235 Links: Bailii Statutes: Drug Trafficking Act 1994 5, … Continue reading Regina v Banks: CACD 9 Dec 1996
The defendant had been convicted of involvement in a substantial VAT fraud, and made subject to a confiscation order. He was made subject to a confiscation order in respect of the amounts lost to the fraud where he was involved, but argued that the court had made each of 16 defendants liable for the full … Continue reading May, Regina v: HL 14 May 2008
