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E. ASSETS - FREEZING, CONFISCATION AND RESTITUTION

  • Assets - Freezing, Confiscation and Restitution (E.1 – E.4)
  • E.3 Restitution
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A measure whereby mutual assistance requests may be made to place articles obtained by criminal means at the disposal of a requesting member state with a view to restoring them to their rightful owners.

Legal Framework

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

Regulation 2018/1805 MLA 2000 Convention FD 2003/577/JHA

Competent Authority

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

Regulation 2018/1805: Prosecutors of Prosecution District of Southern Finland FD 2003/577/JHA: Prosecutors of Prosecution District of Southern Finland MLA 2000: National Bureau of Investigation (if property not frozen by prosecutor of Southern Finland)

Accepted languages

Accepted languages for the request/decision

Finnish, Swedish or English

Execution deadline

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

-

Concise legal practical information

Special requirements

Where the ownership of the property is undisputed, it may be returned under the 1959 Convention to the state where the owner resides. Also the return of property after handing it over to the requesting state for evidentiary purposes may be waived, if the restitution of the property to its rightful owner may thereby be facilitated.

Last reviewed on 30 January 2023 by EJN Secretariat

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