What we have already done. Updated: March 2022 – 4th-6th research month

  •  an on-line meeting of the Entire Research Team on 4th March 2022: presentation of extended confiscation regulations in Finland and Austria, discussion (English),
  • two on-line meetings of Research Coordinators and Junior Researchers (31st January & 7th March 2022) to discuss details of the research tasks (Polish),
  • analysed the submitted country reports in order to verify their compliance with research questionnaire (Research Coordinators, English),
  • analysed the submitted country reports and literature in order to verify which legal orders and how regulate the non-conviction-based confiscation (Junior Researcher, English / Polish),
  • pre-examined the requirements to regulate (extended) confiscation in European conventions and international recommendations (Junior Researcher & Research Coordinator, English),
  • elaborated and submitted a book chapter on Criminalization of possession of assets from undisclosed sources - existing in French criminal law & regarded as a possible alternative to extended confiscation (Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach; Polish)
  • collected most (10 of 13) of the country reports (English).

What we have already done. Updated: December 2021 – 3rd research month

  • two on-line meetings of the Entire Research Team:
    • on 29th October 2021: presentation of extended confiscation regulations in Italy and Germany, discussion (English),
    • on 17th December 2021: presentation of extended confiscation regulations in Croatia and Poland, discussion (English).
  • three on-line meetings of Research Coordinators and Junior Researchers (11th October, 22nd November 2021, 20th December 2021) to discuss criteria for analysing country reports (Polish).
  • presenting paper on ‘Forfeiture of economic benefits obtained before committing a prohibited act (retroactive confiscation) - selected issues’ by E. Hryniewicz-Lach on an on-line conference ‘Counteracting and combating organized crime, recidivism and professional crime’, organised 18-19th November 2021 by the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economic of University in Wrocław, Poland (Polish, conference papers will be published in 2022).
  • collected part of the country reports (English).