POCA Practice Areas

Forensic accounting expertise across the full spectrum of Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings and related financial crime analysis.

Legislative Note: POCA 2002 and related legislation is subject to amendment. The information on this page reflects general principles. Always verify the current legislative position with a qualified legal adviser.

Criminal Benefit Quantification

Forensic analysis of benefit from particular and general criminal conduct, including section 10 assumptions.

Section 10 assumptions, particular vs general conduct, property obtained

Available Amount

Identification and valuation of free property, tainted gifts, and hidden assets at the relevant time.

Free property valuation, tainted gifts, hidden assets, third party interests

Criminal Lifestyle Provisions

Analysis of trigger offences, the four assumptions, and rebuttal evidence.

Trigger offences, statutory assumptions, rebuttal methodology

Money Laundering

Financial flow analysis for Part 7 POCA proceedings and corporate compliance matters.

Criminal property, layering, integration, Part 7 POCA

Asset Tracing (POCA)

Forensic tracing through financial structures, nominee assets, and offshore holdings.

Nominee structures, offshore tracing, complex ownership chains

Civil Recovery

Part 5 proceedings, unexplained wealth orders, and account freezing order analysis.

Part 5 POCA, UWOs, account freezing and forfeiture

Corporate POCA

DPAs, corporate investigations, SAR obligations, and financial institution compliance.

DPAs, SAR analysis, institutional POCA compliance

Enforcement Receivership

Receiver support, asset realisation, and third party claims on confiscated assets.

Asset realisation, receiver reporting, third party quantification