EU Directive On Freezing And Confiscation Of Proceeds Of Crime Comes Into Force

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On 29 April 2014, the Directive on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the EU was published in the Official Journal.
European Union Criminal Law

On 29 April 2014, the Directive on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the EU was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Directive comes into force on the twentieth day following such publication and member states have until 4 October 2015 to implement the provisions into national laws.

The Directive is available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2014:127:FULL&from=EN.

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