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POLICE forces will use money seized from criminals as part of a GBP1m effort to help tackle organised crime under a new incentive plan Kenny MacAskill, the Justice Secretary, revealed yesterday that Strathclyde, Lothian and Borders and Tayside forces are to share GBP250,000 for each of the next two years - and will match that figure with funds from their own coffers.
The Herald revealed in February that forces would, in a scheme similar to that used south of the border, be able to keep up to half of the assets they recovered from drug dealers and organised crime.See the full content of this document
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Seized Assets Fund Gbp1m Organised Crime Crackdown
Yesterday's announcement follows the news that Strathclyde Police has written to Scotland's b...
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