Cops to let the private sector chase after cybercrims' assets

Expeditionary measures are required!

Currently it is necessary to convict cybercriminals before attempting to collect their assets, although the cops believe that delays in this process can provide criminals with the room to hide their ill-gotten gains.

So you are guilty until proven guilty?

Is America coming where cops can empty your account if the dogs gets a suspicious sniff on?

Or maybe ... Ukraine?

James, who is Australian but has been in Ukraine for sixteen years, worked for an oligarch, and speaks perfect Russian, built one of the premier real estate agencies in Ukraine. This winter, he and his Ukrainian wife went on holiday; when they returned to Kyiv, they discovered that an employee with the backing of some government people had stolen their company. The employee had all the correct documentation and everything signed off by a judge; the only thing missing was the signature of the actual owner. But this is Ukraine, so the employee bribed a judge, the judge ruled in his favor, the employee paid a registrar and a notary, and he now owns the agency.

Nice

If you don't have enough evidence, lower the standards. They have already done this here in the Northern Colony. Criminal courts and those pesky judges wanting evidence were a bit of a snag sometimes so they formed their own justice system with their own police and courtrooms using the civil standard of proof. Probable is as good as proof anywhere else.

Privatised police and "justice"

Justice costs too much and we don't have the police to implement it anyway.

Instead of calling the police when you are robbed and getting an incident number so you can claim on your insurance, you call shadyambulancechasers.co.uk who send round contract forensics, check fingerprints etc. against police records then sue the alleged perpatrator.

All costs of the investigation and trial included in the court costs.

Probably better to settle out of court; anyway you won't get a criminal record.

Think of it as a tax scheme to move money from criminals to lawyers (hang on.....).

Of course if you are poor you may not be able to afford a good defence lawyer so innocent or guilty you are screwed anyway.

If you are very poor you probably don't care anyway because what can they take from you?

Perhaps they could resurrect the old "Fire Insurance" arrangement where you subscribe to a private police force who look after your property and interests? Loads of PPI lawyers coming free soon.

Look out for "Neighbourhood Watch" signs being replaced by "Neighbouhood Police" signs.