Sentence examples for * crime acts from inspiring English sources

The Metropolitan Police argues that being able to confiscate the proceeds of crime acts as a deterrent to "acquisitive criminals", such as burglars, because the risk that their ill-gotten gains will be seized begins to outweigh the potential monetary gains.

The Government introduced the Serious Crime Act this year, in part to make it easier to seize the proceeds of crime.

The money was pledged through the long-standing Victims of Crime Act.

The order was made under part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

A new Economic Crime Act would ensure all play by the same "fair rules", she added.

"Orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act do not go away and cannot be ignored".

After a Proceeds of Crime Act financial hearing he was given six months to pay.

The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act was signed into law in 2008.

The Crimes Act was a "comprehensive statute defining an impressive variety of federal crimes".

Prior to the Crimes Act, Congress had passed very few federal crimes.

In the 1880s, Congress passed the Major Crimes Act, divesting tribes of criminal jurisdiction in regard to several felony crimes.