Tracing of Proceeds of Crime in Selected EU Countries

This thesis focuses on possibilities of tracing of illegal crime proceeds, its seizure and confiscation. The thesis is divided in several chapters. Introduction is devoted to the determination of research problem, aims of thesis and methods used. In the following chapter terms "criminality", "criminal proceeds" and "phases of asset recovery (tracing, seizure and confiscation)" are described. Chapters 2 - 4 deal with description of state of play in the Czech Republic, Austria and Great Britain. Institutions dealing with asset tracing are introduced here. On the example of four selected databases (banks accounts, vehicles, immovables and companies) possibilities how to access information from them are further shown. Last but not least, paragraphs on seizure and confiscation from the area of both substantive and procedural law are described here. Chapter 5 is dedicated to international cooperation by using means of European union law in the field of tracing, seizure and confiscation of criminal assets. Chapter 6 includes comparative tables of selected paragraphs. Last chapter contains final summary and recommendations