British criminals win legal aid to fight seizing of assets

BRITISH criminals are being awarded Legal Aid to fight Government attempts to strip them of their luxury lifestyles, it emerged yesterday.

The head of the agency set up by Home Secretary David Blunkett to confiscate criminals’ homes, cars, and businesses called for a change in the law.

The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) freezes the assets of people suspected of making money illegally and seeks to strip them of those funds, which can sometimes run into millions of pounds.