Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) professionals, (b) nominated officers and (c) other nominated officers were prosecuted for failure to disclose under sections 330 to 332 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since 2009-10.
Mr John Hayes
The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK has a robust anti-money laundering regime. The National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing was published on 15 October 2015. This identified the threats and vulnerabilities we face in these areas, and the Action Plan for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance was published on 21 April 2016, setting out the steps that the Government will take to address them.
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under Sections 330 to 332, listed individually, from 2009/10 to the period between April and December 2014 (latest period available), can be viewed in the table below. It is not possible to determine the occupation of those convicted of these offences.
|
Section of Act |
Outcome |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
April to December 2014 |
|
330 |
Proceeded against |
– |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
Found guilty |
– |
4 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
|
|
331 |
Proceeded against |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
|
Found guilty |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
|
|
332 |
Proceeded against |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Found guilty |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
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