5
1
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988
I
ADVICE
"ONCE THIS MATERIAL IS IN THE HANDS OF THE INVESTIGATORS, WOULD EXPECT THE ACCOUNTANTS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER GUIDANCE AND
PLAY THEIR PART IN DEVELOPING AS TO WHERE TO LOOK NEXT AND SO
AN THE DRUGS INQUIRY THE END OF WHICH SHOULD BE, IF THE PROSECUTION FOR TRAFFICKING OFFENCE SUCCEEDS, THE
CONVICTED OF THE STRIPPING TRAFFICKER OF ALL HIS ILL-GOTTEN GAINS," HE SAID.
ALSO
IN
OF
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD, MR MATHEWS SAID: "TAKING NOTE
THE THE UK,
USA, CURRENT LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
CANADA AND
THE
THE CONCERN
GROWTH OF AUSTRALIA AND
WITH GOVERNMENT'S
FOR EXTENDING THE SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME HERE, THERE MAY BE A CASE
то COVER ASSET SEIZURE IN PROVISIONS OF THE NEW DRUGS LEGISLATION OTHER CRIMINAL CASES.'
11
MADE то
HE SAID HE HAD IN MIND CASES WHERE VAST PROFITS HAVE BEEN BY WHOLLY UNPRINCIPLED PERSONS WHO
THEMSELVES HAVE DEDICATED CRIMINAL CONDUCT, WITH A VIEW TO PURSUING A SYSTEMATIC COURSE OF
MAINTAINING A
WHICH SOURCE OF ACQUIRING
INCOME STEADY EVENTUALLY TRANSLATED INTO LEGITIMATE CAPITAL ASSETS SUCH AS FLATS SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND
BEEN THE
IN THE USA, THE MAIN THRUST AGAINST ORGANISED PAST 10 TO 15 YEARS ORGANISATIONS (RICO) STATUTE.
HAS
19
OR
CRIME OVER THE CORRUPT RACKETEERING INFLUENCED
THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE
то
ON IN ITS REPORT
TRIADS EXPRESSED YEARS AGO AND THE WORKING TO CONDUCT AN THIS BEHIND
AN INTEREST IN THE U.S. LEGISLATION TWO GROUP ON GANGS OF THE FCC HAS SINCE ASKED MY CHAMBERS
IF SEK
THE PRINCIPLES IN-HOUSE FEASIBILITY STUDY LEGISLATION CAN BE APPLIED HERE," HE SAID.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE LEGISLATION EXISTS IS SURELY A DETERRENT.
FURTHERMORE,
IF
JUDGES
SIMPLE
FACT THAT SUCH
ΤΟ WERE ABLE
MAKE USE
ASSET OF OF SENTENCING OPTIONS WOULD BE
FORFEITURE PROVISIONS, THEIR RANGE VERY EFFECTIVELY EXTENDED.
"THE CONVICTED PERSON
ΤΟ RIGHT HAS A
IN BE SENTENCED
AN
GIVEN THE
LARGE SCALE FACT THAT RECIDIVIST APPROPRIATE WAY AND,
A SHORTER FRAUDSTERS ARE UNUSUAL IN A WAY THAT PETTY THIEVES ARE NOT,
WELL BE IN TERM OF IMPRISONMENT COUPLED WITH ASSET FORFEITURE COULD
WOULD PUNISHMENT
THEN TRULY FIT THE EVERYBODY'S INTEREST, AS THE CRIME, MR MATHEWS SAID.
AND OTHER
FINANCIAL
EXPERTS SHOULD
BE
HE SAID ACCOUNTANTS INVOLVED FROM THE OUTSET IF SUCH LEGISLATION EXISTED.
IN TO
ASSIST
THE
SIDES IN
INTERLOCUTORY
"THEY WOULD BE CALLED
ON BOTH PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHES IN A PROSECUTION WHEN THE FIRST FREEZING ORDERS ARE SOUGHT BEFORE TRIAL AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
OF THE INVOLVED RIGHT THROUGH TO THE EXECUTION AFFECTING REALISABLE PROPERTY, MR MATHEWS SAID.
"
FINAL COURT
ORDERS
/THE ATTORNEY