The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37) is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

. It largely replaced the

Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 was the first act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom specifically dealing with laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's p ...

. Where the defendant is convicted of a drug trafficking offence and the prosecutor applies to the

Crown Court The Crown Court is the court of first instance of England and Wales responsible for hearing all Indictable offence, indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals lied to it by the Magistrates' court, magistrates' court ...

for a

confiscation Confiscation (from the Latin ''confiscatio'' "to consign to the ''fiscus'', i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, o ...

order the court must determine whether the defendant has benefited from drug trafficking. If at any time the defendant has received any payment or other reward in connection with drug trafficking carried out by him or another he will be deemed to have benefited from drug trafficking and the court must make a

order. The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 came into force on 3 February 1995 and any benefit received by the defendant in connection with drug trafficking prior to that date must be included when calculating the defendant's benefit. The Act embraces 69 sections and is divided into 4 Parts with 3 schedules

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*{{UK-LEG, title=Drug Trafficking Act 1994, type=ukpga, path=ukpga/1994/37 United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1994