Economic Crime Confiscation Unit (FOI)

​Request

A

What is the value of suspected criminal assets linked to civil forfeiture cases currently being pursued by the Joint Financial Crimes Unit?

B

How much money has been allocated to the unit for 2019, and in the previous three years?

C

How many members of staff are currently employed to pursue suspected criminal assets which have been frozen?

D

In addition, can you please provide the most recent break down of the number of Suspicious Activity Reports received by the Unit?

Response

A to C

This information is not held by the States of Jersey Police Joint Financial Crime Unit. Such information will be held by the Economic Crime Confiscation Unit (ECCU) based in the Law Officers Department. This unit however is not a scheduled public authority and is therefore  not subject to the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

D

Below are the Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR’s) received in 2017 and 2018. SAR figures represent the initial disclosure, Miscellaneous Information Reports (MIR’s) can represent a continuation of a SAR about the same information or they can also represent new information from another source that is not a regulated entity, such as a member of the public.