Rethinking EU Law-making Policy on Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime

The book provides a critical analysis of EU law-making policy on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime, using a minimalist restorative approach to justice focused on the rights of victims and communities, and more proactive roles for all participants in confiscation procedures.

Autorentext

Ariadna H. Ochnio is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. What can a restorative approach to justice offer to EU law-making policy on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime? 3. The evolution of EU law-making policy on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime 4. Gaps in EU law standards for the confiscation of the proceeds of crime 5. The influence of EU law standards on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime on the normative framework of confiscation in Poland, Germany and France 6. Changing the approach to confiscation: possible implications for other fields of EU criminal justice policy 7. How to increase the restorativeness of EU law-making policy on the CPC?