Developing instruments for the recovery of criminal assets

Abstract

There is a global trend towards the widespread application of confiscation of criminal assets, especially those obtained as a result of corruption offenses. Given that criminals are becoming increasingly intelligent and already know the tools used by law enforcement agencies, it is becoming increasingly difficult to fight crime. Through this article we set out to research new methods used by other states or proposed by some authors in the field of recovery of criminal assets. We all know the tools such as confiscation, requests for international legal assistance, seizure, but these are the tools that float above the water, long visible and known not only by law enforcement agencies but also by criminals. What is of real interest are the instruments that are at the ,,bottom of the sea” where not every state had the courage to sink, but they found a real treasure, materialized in recovered criminal property. Some tools are taken from the practice of British law, others are just ideas from practitioners who have worked in the field of criminal property recovery. Confiscation of property is an important tool in the fight against crime, we do not deny the importance of official instruments, but we consider it appropriate to widen the limits imposed by national legislation in this field.