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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, United Kingdom

(Chapter 29, updated August 1, 2025)

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Details Details Year of Version 2025 Dates Status as of: August 1, 2025 Assented: July 24, 2002 Type of Text Framework Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) allows UK authorities to confiscate or recover profits derived from criminal activity, including serious intellectual property (IP) offenses such as large-scale counterfeiting or piracy. POCA does not regulate IP rights themselves, but provides a mechanism to recover financial gains obtained illegally from IP crimes that are prosecuted as criminal offenses, complementing substantive IP laws such as the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Trade Marks Act 1994. This consolidated version of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 updated and generated on August 1, 2025, incorporates all amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), which entered into force on different dates.

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