Extended confiscation and fundamental rights in the European Union

• In Event: Social media and crime & EU Policy Evaluation

Abstract

The paper presents the results (relevant observations and recommendations) of the research project: "Extended confiscation and its justification in light of fundamental rights and general principles of EU law". The project, which has been carried out in 2021-2024 by a group of academics from 16 EU Member States, focused on the relation between various instruments of extended confiscation (understood as confiscation of assets, based on presumption that they derive from criminal conduct) and fundamental rights of affected person. The research was funded by the National Science Centre, Poland (the reference number: 2020/39/D/HS5/01114). More about the project can be found on the project website: https://konfiskata.web.amu.edu.pl/en/ The paper will be presented by the Principal Investigator.

Author

• Elżbieta Hryniewicz-Lach, Adam-Mickiewicz-University in Poznan, Poland