Methodology of Effective Seizure and the Confiscation of the Crime Assets

Marek Kordík; František Vojtuš

doi:10.46282/blr.2021.5.2.256

Authors

Marek Kordík Comenius University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4290-8354
František Vojtuš Comenius University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1912-4666

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46282/blr.2021.5.2.256

Keywords:

seizure of property, seizure of a victim claim, effectiveness, antimony laundering, confiscation, financial investigation

Abstract

The paper deals with the methods of seizure of property in criminal proceedings and with the individual institutes that may be used for this purpose. This is a form of vademecum of the financial investigation, which is currently one of the priorities of criminal policy. The paper responds to the latest development of the decision-making activities of the courts and tries to point out to certain stereotypes that are already outworn by the decision-making activities in selected decisions.

Author Biographies

Marek Kordík, Comenius University

doc. JUDr. Marek Kordík, PhD., LL.M.
Associate Professor
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Criminalistics
Šafárikovo nám. 6 810 00 Bratislava; Slovakia

František Vojtuš, Comenius University

mjr. Mgr. Ing. František Vojtuš, PhD.
Police investigator
National Counter-Crime Unit
National Criminal Agency of Presidium of Police Force
Račianska 45, 812 72 Bratislava, Slovakia

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