Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986
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| Long title | An Act to make provision for the recovery of the proceeds of drug trafficking and other provision in connection with drug trafficking, to make provision about the supply of articles which may be used or adapted for use in the administration of controlled drugs or used to prepare a controlled drug for administration and to increase the number of assistant commissioners of police for the metropolis. |
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| Citation | 1986 c. 32 |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 July 1986 |
| Commencement | various[c] |
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Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 32) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Provisions
The act was the first act specifically dealing with laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking. The legislation was enacted as a direct response to the failure of the courts' power making it impossible under the law, as it stood, to confiscate some £750,000 of drug trafficking proceeds which were traced directly to the offenders convicted in consequence of Operation Julie.[1]
The act enables the forfeiture of unlawful proceeds.[2]
Further developments
The act was replaced the Drug Trafficking Act 1995.[3]
Notes
References
- ↑ Larman, Alexander (9 June 2025). "Everything the BBC gets wrong about The Gold as the heist thriller returns". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
- ↑ Experts at the Home Office (October 1987). "The UK drug trafficking offences act 1986". Commonwealth Law Bulletin. 13 (4): 1628–1637. doi:10.1080/03050718.1987.9985946. ISSN 0305-0718.
- ↑ "Disclosure dilemma -- the search for a solution to the problems associated with disclosure of assets following the Drug Trafficking Act 1994". The Law Society Gazette. 28 June 1995. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
External links
- Text of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.