Surviving the Challenge: The Constitutionality of the Drug Offences (Forfeiture of Proceeds) Act

Abstract

The Drug Offences (Forfeiture of Proceeds) Act (the Act) was passed in 1994 by the Jamaican Parliament in fulfilment of its obligations under the 1988 Convention Against the Illicit Traffic in Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. The purpose of the Act is to enable the state to forfeit the proceeds, instrumentalities used to commit as well as any benefit derived from the commission of drug trafficking offences. Under the Act drug traffickers can be deprived of their criminally acquired property and also any property used in the commission of drug trafficking offences can be forfeited even if the property does not belong to the convicted person.

Citation

Sykes, B. (2002), "Surviving the Challenge: The Constitutionality of the Drug Offences (Forfeiture of Proceeds) Act", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 296-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027310