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Drug money used to fight crime
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9216982%5E1702,00.html
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MORE than $800,000 confiscated from convicted drug dealers in Western Australia will go to crime prevention and victim support programs.
Attorney-General Jim McGinty said 79 community and local government groups had applied for a share of the money, raised from the sale of cars, motorbikes, real estate and other assets confiscated from dozens of drug traffickers.
The money will be used to fund new crime-fighting initiatives, including assistance for victims of crime, preventative drug and alcohol education programs and help for abused children.
Mr McGinty said more than $3 million in assets had been confiscated from criminals over the past three years, with almost $1.2 million of criminal wealth redistributed last year.
Another $40 million in assets was currently frozen, awaiting finalisation of trials and formal confiscation proceedings in the courts.
WA's contentious Criminal Property Confiscation Act (CPCA) was introduced in 2000, as part of a government crackdown on bikie gangs and other criminal groups.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9216982%5E1702,00.html
07apr04
MORE than $800,000 confiscated from convicted drug dealers in Western Australia will go to crime prevention and victim support programs.
Attorney-General Jim McGinty said 79 community and local government groups had applied for a share of the money, raised from the sale of cars, motorbikes, real estate and other assets confiscated from dozens of drug traffickers.
The money will be used to fund new crime-fighting initiatives, including assistance for victims of crime, preventative drug and alcohol education programs and help for abused children.
Mr McGinty said more than $3 million in assets had been confiscated from criminals over the past three years, with almost $1.2 million of criminal wealth redistributed last year.
Another $40 million in assets was currently frozen, awaiting finalisation of trials and formal confiscation proceedings in the courts.
WA's contentious Criminal Property Confiscation Act (CPCA) was introduced in 2000, as part of a government crackdown on bikie gangs and other criminal groups.