We could learn a thing or two on what to do with cash, and even cars and helicopters recovered from arrested criminals from the British Home Office who are asking the people to vote online as to where the money should go from the sale of such assets.
Here in the Philippines, we never get to track down what happens to those things. All we receive and read about are reports that this and that person was captured, but as to the other assets, it is kaput. I wonder if the group against crime and violence could make this a kind of "subsidiary" activity of their group, which then could be a source of funds for their voluntary organization
BBC NEWS 26 June 2009 01:32 UK
Communities to vote on crime cash
Top of the range cars and helicopters have been seized from criminals. The public are being asked to suggest how £4m raised from the sale of assets seized from criminals should be spent. The Home Office's new Community Cashback scheme will see people in up to 42 areas in England and Wales vote online for where the money should go. The money has been raised through the sale of assets, such as yachts and cars, confiscated by police. The government has revealed £148m in assets was seized from criminals using the Proceeds of Crime Act last year.
The previous year the equivalent of £136m was seized in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Home Office minister Alan Campbell said that seizing money was a "valuable tool in the fight against crime".
Under the Community Cashback scheme, 42 Local Criminal Justice Boards will each be invited to bid for up to £95,000 each. People will be able to vote through a website for which projects in their area they want to see money spent on.
...A similar scheme already operates in Scotland and one is just starting in Northern Ireland....
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