Full Description
The European Union is developing instruments which allow law enforcement and judicial authorities to freeze, seize and confiscate illicit assets in a simplified way. Oversimplification of confiscation procedures may, however, result in violation of fundamental rights and general principles of law aimed at ensuring protection of individuals against interference from the State. Such risk exists in particular in the case of extended confiscation, where assets forfeited go beyond what is proven as resulting from a concrete criminal offence. This book drawing on the results of a large international project, brings together a group of experts to determine the requirements needed to achieve compliance of extended confiscation with the fundamental rights and legal principles included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, European Convention of Human Rights and in national legal orders of the EU Member States. Divided into three parts, the first details the national perspectives of 14 countries. The second part presents analysis of extended confiscation in comparative terms. The third and final parts examine extended confiscation in the context of the EU criminal law. The book thus provides a detailed analysis of extended confiscation from a number of perspectives and will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and policymakers working in the areas of Financial Crime, Comparative Criminal Justice and Human Rights Law.
Contents
Introduction: Extended confiscation and how it relates to fundamental rights (Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach) Part 1: Extended confiscation - national perspectives 1. Extended confiscation in Austria (Kathrin Stiebellehner) 2. Extended confiscation in Croatia (Lucija Sokanović) 3. Extended confiscation in Czech Republic (Martin Richter) 4. Extended confiscation in Finland (Raimo Lahti) 5. Extended confiscation in Germany (Michael Kilchling) 6. Extended confiscation in Greece (Anna Sakellaraki) 7. Extended confiscation in Hungary (Miklós Hollán) 8. Extended confiscation in Italy (Anna Maria Maugeri) 9. Extended confiscation in Luxembourg (Charlotte Quaisser)10. Extended confiscation in the Netherlands (Johannes Keiler and André Klip) 11. Extended confiscation in Poland (Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach) 12. Extended confiscation in Portugal (Sandra Oliveira e Silva) 13. Extended confiscation in Romania (Dan Moroşan) 14. Extended confiscation in Spain (José Luis de la Cuesta) Part 2: Extended confiscation and fundamental rights at national level 15. Extended confiscation and the right to private property and privacy (Anna Demenko) 16. Extended confiscation and legal principles of EU law (Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach) 17. Procedural rights in extended confiscation proceedings (Gaetano Ancona)18. Extended confiscation in the case-law of European courts (Jacek Stanisławski) Part 3: Extended confiscation - EU perspectives 19. Extended confiscation and human rights (Johan Boucht) 20. Europeanisation of national concepts: extended confiscation from the EU perspective (Martin Heger) 21. A plea for the application of criminal law principles in the area of asset recovery (Holger Matt) 22. Extended confiscation and modern criminal law (Frank Meyer). Conclusion: Summary of the project findings - Extended confiscation and a fundamental rights-based approach (Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach)
