"Pay back the money” – a paper on criminal and civil asset forfeiture within South Africa and suggestions for reform

dc.contributor.authorCurlewis, Llewelyn Gray
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-06T04:56:00Z
dc.date.available2024-03-06T04:56:00Z
dc.date.issued2024-06
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to bring to light the present civil and criminal asset forfeiture procedures within the South African context and to make suggestions for reform thereof. While there exists and is a need for constant change and reform of the law to ensure that it remains transparent, up-to-date and applicable to all means through which economic crime can be committed, South Africa lacks the necessary resources and attitudes to accomplish this essential goal. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : The approach used in this paper is purely qualitative using journal articles, textbooks, reports, periodicals, speeches and legislation as its basis. It is through a consolidation of this literature that this paper was formed. FINDINGS : While South Africa’s present system of asset forfeiture is producing some impressive results, the process still has vast room for improvement. There are key areas which this paper outlines for reform. However, the probability of improvement is relatively low owing to the levels of corruption, illicit activities and attitudes of mistrust within the South African society at large. ORIGINALITY/VALUE : The concept of asset forfeiture is not new to any international jurisdiction, let alone South Africa itself. However, this paper aims to give insight into the specific South African experience of this procedure and how it can possibly be improved within the specific context.en_US
dc.description.departmentProcedural Lawen_US
dc.description.departmentProcedural Lawen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutionsen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1359-0790en_US
dc.identifier.citationCurlewis, L.G. (2023), "“Pay back the money” – a paper on criminal and civil asset forfeiture within South Africa and suggestions for reform", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 772-780. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-08-2023-020303.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1359-0790
dc.identifier.other10.1108/JFC-08-2023-0203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/95086
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmeralden_US
dc.rights© 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.en_US
dc.subjectAsset forfeitureen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.subjectReformen_US
dc.subjectCivil claimsen_US
dc.subjectCriminal claimsen_US
dc.subjectFrauden_US
dc.subjectFinancial crimeen_US
dc.subjectCorruptionen_US
dc.subjectCybercrimeen_US
dc.subjectPrison overcrowdingen_US
dc.subjectTransparencyen_US
dc.subjectProcedural lawen_US
dc.subjectSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsen_US
dc.title"Pay back the money” – a paper on criminal and civil asset forfeiture within South Africa and suggestions for reformen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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