2nd August 2023
Victorian Legislative Council, Melbourne
Rachel Payne,
(Member for South-Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne) –
To ask the Attorney-General: In relation to the Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions Report, 2021-22, which indicated that the Proceeds of Crime specialist civil litigation unit contributed to the Victorian Asset Confiscation Scheme by confiscating $37.3 million in illegally used assets and proceeds of crime, including $21 million confiscated under Victoria’s unexplained wealth laws: Of the $37.3 million in assets confiscated, how many were and what was the value of, owner-occupied residential properties where the forfeiture and confiscation was based on a charge of cultivation of the following quantities of cannabis —
(a) a commercial quantity of cannabis greater than 25kg and less than 100kg;
(b) a commercial quantity of cannabis greater than 100kg and less than 250kg; and
(c) less than a commercial quantity of cannabis.
Written Answer
Received: 04 March 2024
Hon. Jaclyn Symes
(Attorney-General, Minister for Emergency Services)
(a) a commercial quantity of cannabis greater than 25kg and less than 100kg
In 2021-22, there were five owner-occupied properties falling into this category.
The net value (the amount after payment of sale costs, any mortgage balance and any third party claim litigated in respect of the property) of the offender’s interest confiscated in respect of each property was as follows –
Property 1 – $694,018
Property 2 – $231,568
Property 3 – $136,705
Property 4 – $150,000
Property 5 – $208,766
(b) a commercial quantity of cannabis greater than 100kg and less than 250kg
There was one non-owner occupied property that was confiscated in this category. The net value of the offender’s interest was $284,256.
(c) less than a commercial quantity of cannabis
Nil.
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