The TARIAN Asset Confiscation Enforcement Team (ACE) surpasses £1m milestone in 12 months of operating.
It’s not everyday that you can say that ‘crime doesn’t pay’ – but if you are on the receiving end of an ACE Team investigation it definitely applies!
Within one year of operating the ACE Team has successfully confiscated in excess of£1m*, which highlights the commitment to ensuring that the criminal fraternity has no-where to hide when it comes to ill-gotten gains.
The ACE team forms part of the Regional Asset Recovery Team (RART) – and sits within the TARIAN arena of policing. It was set up in late 2014 with the initial objective to deal with the backlog of unenforced confiscation orders as highlighted by the Public Accounts Committee findings earlier that year.
The team adopted a multi-agency approach and have a growing responsibility for taking control of the compliance/enforcement process from its earliest stages. This collaborative effort, which includes, the Crown Prosecution Service, Trading Standards, Local Authority and Natural Resources Wales, provides the perfect response to enable law enforcement agencies to hit criminals where it hurts.
DCI Steve Benson-Davidson said:
“The Asset Confiscation Enforcement Team (ACE) ensure criminals pay back money they have accrued as a result of their criminality.
“Often this will mean the sale of large houses and expensive cars, and this sends a clear message to our communities that there is no benefit from a life of crime. The £1 million recovered can now be reinvested into projects of benefit to communities, and hopefully there will be realisation that ultimately crime does not pay.”
Anyone with information relating to Organised Crime is asked to contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111
TARIAN:
The Regional Organised Crime Unit (Tarian), part funded by the Home Office, Welsh Government and the three Southern Wales Police Forces is a multi disciplinary team of Police officers and Police staff seconded from the three forces of Dyfed Powys, Gwent and South Wales. With departments ranging from fraud and cyber crime investigators to asset recovery experts and intelligence specialists, the team are dedicated to disrupting and dismantling Organised Crime Groups across the whole of Southern Wales.
www.tarianrocu.org.uk
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