Recent case law on Dutch confiscation law: Newsletter 8

Abstract

This newsletter provides an overview of recent case law concerning confiscation of illegal assets in the Netherlands. Four recent rulings of the Dutch ‘Hoge Raad’ are discussed. They concern confiscation after a conviction for money laundering, confiscation under a defendant who is both a witness and a suspect (a crown witness), and freezing of assets under a mala fide third party