Written Question·Home Office·UIN 67525

Bitcoin: Proceeds of Crime

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for Bitcoin seized from criminal activity.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Home Office is responsible for the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).POCA equips law enforcement agencies with a range of powers to deprive criminals of their money, or other property connected to criminal activity, and recover the proceeds of crime, ...

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