Confiscation Cases

R v RD & others - Central Criminal Court - September 2021

Conspiracy to supply firearms In 2020 the Metropolitan police service mounted a proactive operation codenamed operation Coronus in order to disrupt the supply of illegal handguns into the hands of those involved in criminal activity. This was following the...

R v G - Blackfriars Crown Court

Confiscation proceedings arising out of a drugs conspiracy which included alleged hidden assets in Iran. After a five day contested hearing, the Judge ruled that there were no hidden assets. ...

R v Z - Southwark Crown Court

Confiscation proceedings arising out of a conspiracy to traffic into the UK and conspiracy to control prostitution; one of the largest cases of its type ever prosecuted by CPS London....

R v S - Central Criminal Court

Confiscation proceedings arising out of a conspiracy to import firearms into the UK. This was the largest-ever weapons seizure on the UK mainland....

R v N - Croydon Crown Court

Defendant charged with producing cannabis and unauthorised use of electricity. After substantial representations from the Defence, the proceedings were discontinued on the basis that the defendant had been a victim of human trafficking....

R v G - Supreme Court

A leading UK case in the Supreme Court regarding whether in confiscation proceedings jurisdiction was lost when there had been excessive delay in the Crown Court....