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Ian Hernon
"MERSEYSIDE'S crime bosses are being hit where it hurts, in their pockets. A pilot scheme pioneered in the region has taken up to £1.4m in personal assets from criminals since April. Items confiscated by the National Enforcement Service included homes, cars, speed boats, jewellery, cash and designer clothes. Seven convicted criminals have already been sent back to jail for refusing to comply with confiscation orders. The service's confiscation unit operates out of Merseyside police HQ and, alongside local court staff, aims to disrupt the lifestyles of gangsters by seizing their cash and assets after conviction. Top targets are drug barons, people-traffickers, organised burglars and money launderers."
