UK Crown Prosecution Service To Prioritise Asset Recovery: A New Approach or Playing Catch Up?

The Crown Prosecution Service is placing renewed focus on the proceeds of crime and asset recovery in its latest Serious and Organised Crime Strategy and International Strategy.

Nick Barnard, Partner at Corker Binning, has written for Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, exploring what this shift means for the CPS’s prosecutorial role and the challenges of expanding asset recovery while maintaining its core work.

“Any focus on asset recovery can only be a reprioritisation rather than a revolution,” Nick says. “The CPS is – at its core – a prosecutor and must take care to avoid sacrificing important work for easy wins,” he concludes.

Read Nick’s full article here: Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence