news - UK: CRIMINALS STRIPPED OF �84 MILLION:
"Criminal assets worth a record £�84 million have been recovered during the last year. The record figure for the year 2004-2005, compared with £54.5 million recovered the previous year, is the result of new powers introduced by the Government in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. And in a boost to funding, police forces are for the first time to receive a £13 million share of the recovered money."
