Criminals in Scotland failing to pay back ‘dirty money’ – The Scotsman

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Organised criminals are flouting proceeds of crime laws and keeping their dirty money, Scottish Conservative research has claimed.

Analysis shows that criminals were ordered to hand over almost £1.6 million of criminal proceeds in the first three months of 2021 – but they in fact paid just five per cent of that.

Scottish Conservative Shadow Community Safety Minister Russell Findlay described the figures as a “scandalous betrayal of every drug-scarred community across Scotland”.

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