CUTTING OFF CRIMINAL GAIN: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES OF CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL WEALTH
The objective of research "Cutting Off Criminal Gain: Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Confiscation of Criminal Wealth" is to lay down the foundations for a stronger control of profit-oriented crime (drug trafficking, fraud, smuggling, tax-evasion, corruption and etc.) by examining the opportunities to confiscate illicit proceeds more effectively than hitherto, and by providing recommendations for introduction of modern integral (interdisciplinary) legal model of confiscation into the Lithuanian legal system. The issue of effectiveness of confiscation of property is common not only for Lithuania, but for European Union as well. The need to address this issue from the new perspective developing alternative interdisciplinary (criminal, civil, tax) mechanisms for seizure of illicit assets was emphasized by both the European Commission and, very recently (October 2011), by the European Parliament.
- Confiscation of crime proceeds;
- Extended powers of confiscation;
- Confiscation of instrumentalities of crime and confiscation of their value;
- Confiscation of all or part of offender‘s assets as a punishment;
- Criminal liability for illicit enrichment;
- Non conviction based confiscation in criminal proceedings or after criminal proceedings;
- Confiscation in civil – administrative proceedings;
- Taxing of illicit assets
Study results will be published in a monograph, presented in a scientific conference.