Not exact matches
There is
concern that, with many Albanians also landing unchecked in isolated coves, the exodus will set back «by years» the progress made in tackling
organised crime.
Urges all Member States to promptly and correctly transpose into their national legislation all existing EU and international legal instruments
concerning organised crime, corruption and money laundering; urges Member States and the Commission to complete the Roadmap on the rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings, including a directive on pre-trial detention;
The fraud, which could involve
organised crime groups, was carried out via the avoidance or falsification of the Bluefin Catch Documents (BCD) that are obligatory according to EU law
concerning the fishing and trading of bluefin tuna - an endangered species.
Whether the conditions for the making of a disclosure order under the Proceeds of
Crime Act 2002 existed or did not exist was essentially a question of fact, the question being whether there were «reasonable grounds for believing» that the material relied upon by the Serious
Organised Crime Agency was likely to be of substantial value and that it was in the public interest that the material should be produced or that access to it should be given having regard to: (a) the benefit likely to accrue to the civil recovery investigation if the material was obtained; and (b) the circumstances under which the person
concerned had any of the material in his possession, power or control (criteria (a) and (b)-RRB-.
If these
concerns were not enough, then there is the uncomfortable thought that the government has not remembered its own Serious
Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA 2005), s 110, which reformed the law on citizen's arrest.
Raj Chada, partner at Hodge Jones & Allen LLP, comments: «This case
concerns the circumstances in which sentences passed on assisting offenders should be referred back to the sentencing court under the Serious
Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA 2005), s 74.