Jan 2007
News - RART NE Fake DVD's - 24 Jan 2007
A counterfeit trader who single-handedly ran a "cottage industry" in fake DVDs, music and games over three years has been jailed for 18 months and has received a confiscation order for £60,000. Gary Heathcock's criminal enterprise will cost him "all of his assets bar the shirt on his back". Heathcock, 48, built an increasingly sophisticated illegal business between 2001 and 2004, said Judge Les Spittle. His "mini-factory" - a production line with three computers, master discs and printed cove ......
News_Tobaccoconfiscation - 19 Jan 2007
£26,000 confiscation order for man who was storing cigarettes and tobacco ......
News_Reflex - 19 Jan 2007
Operation Reflex - £238,592 order obtained As a result of an investigation by officers from Bradford in connection with Operation Reflex (immigration & sexual offences act) into the actions of Desmond John McAuliffe, who was operating a brothel from premises at Thornhill Place, Bradford, he was arrested in January 2005. As a result, he was successfully prosecuted for offences contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 1956 and was convicted of those offences in June 2005. ......
News - £0.5m confiscation order - 19 Jan 2007
The two main offenders were Stockton businessmen Mazhar Ali and Tariq Mahmood, convicted of dealing in heroin and money laundering in October 2005. On 20th November 2006, two confiscation orders totalling £493,256 were issued at Teesside Crown Court. ......
Jun 2006
News-No escape for smugglers - 07 Jun 2006
No Escape for Cigarette Smugglers On 12th January 2006, following their conviction at Leicester Crown Court, two cigarette smugglers were issued with confiscation orders totalling £57,500. Both men had been arrested following a surveillance operation by officers from HM Revenue & Customs. The two men had been driving a Porsche Carrera and a Subaru Impreza when they were seen to meet up with a lorry. The officers followed the lorry and saw it and the two defendants enter a storage unit in Melton ......
News-Kebab Confiscation - 07 Jun 2006
Assets of £50,000 Confiscated from Owners of Kebab Factory Following a presentation on the use of the Proceeds of Crime Act at Cleveland Police Headquarters by the North East RART, contact was received from the Foods Standards Department of Middlesbrough Council. As a result, a financial investigation was conducted by the North East RART into the assets of the two owners of a factory in Middlesbrough who were prosecuted for contravening hygiene regulations whilst manufacturing kebabs for ......
News-Darlington Confiscation - 07 Jun 2006
Surveillance Operation led to confiscation orders of £650,000 A surveillance operation conducted by members of Durham Constabulary and the North East RART resulted in the arrest of a well known Darlington man and his business partner for offences of money laundering and the seizure of £507,000 cash from the rear of the Mercedes car they were travelling in. Following extensive enquires by the North East RART and Durham Police, both men pleaded guilty in October 2005 at Newcastle Crown Court to t ......
News-Dealer ordered to pay - 07 Jun 2006
Street Dealer is ordered to pay in excess of £35,000 On Monday 22nd May 2006 a sentencing and confiscation hearing was held at Leeds Crown Court in relation to a case of Possession of Controlled Drugs With Intent to Supply them to another. In April 2004 officers of the West Yorkshire Police arrested the defendant in the car park of the Old Hall Public House, Heckmondwike after he was found in possession of cocaine, ecstacy, amphetamine, ‘skunk’ cannabis and a limited amount of cash. ......
News-£397,000 confiscation - 07 Jun 2006
Cigarette smuggler to pay £397,000 The prosecution of a cigarette smuggler by HM Revenue & Customs led to the Court of Appeal re-instating a confiscation order for £397,000 in October 2005. The defendant had been arrested by Customs officers during the unloading of 2.3 million cigarettes from a container in a yard in Huddersfield. The cigarettes had been smuggled into the country concealed amongst a consignment of tyres. The Court of Appeal dismissed defence arguments that the defendant’s benef ......
News-Teeside drugs confiscation - 07 Jun 2006
Teesside Money Launderer’s Cash Confiscated When Cleveland Drug Squad executed a search warrant at the home of a Middlesbrough man they found over £50,000 cash hidden in a suitcase. Forensic tests established that the money was heavily contaminated with traces of drugs. Following the conviction of the defendant for money laundering offences at Teesside Crown Court, a confiscation order was made on 17th February 2006 for £57,811. ......

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