U.K. police force raises money a different way
LEICESTERSHIRE, U.K. – The Leicestershire Police in England have taken to eBay to sell items seized from criminals, and have raised more than $1 million pounds (C$1.7 million), according to the Daily Mail. The force has sold more than 6,000 items including high-end jewelry, clothes, sports cars and houses. The economic crime unit, which is allowed to raise the funds through the Proceeds of Crime Act, even sold a plane that belonged to a drug trafficker. The funds are shared between the force, the Home Office, and the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as victims of crimes. “We are continually working to take the cash out of crime and to target people who are benefitting financially from criminal activity,” said Paul Wenlock, head of the economic crime unit at Leicestershire Police.
