BY: Russell Emmerson
Source:
adelaidenow.com.au
Australia - LAWS aimed at confiscating bikie gangs' proceeds of crime have not been used because they are flawed.
Retired District Court judge Alan Moss says the laws are an ineffective weapon in the Government's war against illegal bikie activity because they cannot be fully utilised.
He said police could not even rely on their own criminal intelligence in their search for "unexplained wealth" because it could only be used for the purpose it was obtained.
"Police sought these powers and are naturally frustrated that they cannot be fully utilised and they cannot continue to deploy significant resources in this area if they are unable to achieve results," he says in his review of the Serious and Organised Crime (Unexplained Wealth) Act, tabled in Parliament last week.
In 2009, then Attorney-General Michael Atkinson said the laws would "stop the criminal underworld living the high life they have enjoyed by their illegal profits".
Attorney-General John Rau said he would meet Mr Moss to better understand the potential implications of his report - especially Mr Moss's references to the limitations on the use of criminal intelligence by police.
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