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A national inquiry proposes expanded opportunities for outcome-oriented crime prevention in Sweden Among other things the proposals entail that more types of property can be seized and forfeited from criminals at asset recovery rules are being updated and that authorities will have improved tools to track assets internationally Law enforcement agencies have seized assets totaling approximately 100 million by this point and we are still only at the beginning of a shift in which crime prevention is becoming increasingly central It's going straight for the assets straight for the money straight for the real estate It's also important to us to receive suggestions on how we can strengthen and improve this system and we've received those today The background for the investigation is new EU requirements and a broader shift in focus away from striking argeting the criminal economy rather than individual crimes alone The EU regulations requiring each country to have an ARO or Asset Recovery Office These are organs tasked with tracking and identifying property that could become subject to forfeiture and then there's AMO as you mentioned—that's the Asset Management Office It should be organizations managing property while awaiting confirmation on whether it will be liquidated or not This functionality already exists partially today and is managed by the Police and the Economic Crime Authority We suggest that the Enforcement Authority should also be involved in this work We also discuss whether in the long term we should build an even more robust organization around this issue and establish for instance a dedicated center that collaboratively addresses all related matters Those involved in this type of crime prevention outcome-oriented crime prevention have to deal with it The investigation simultaneously rejects the reversal of the burden of proof on grounds of legal certainty and suggests that certain realized assets should be directed toward crime victims We propose a change that would make it law for a portion of it to be e income generated from the sale of forfeited property be directly routed to the National Board of Crime Victims thereby enabling The next step is to acknowledge the victim's suffering This is a change we are proposing We also suggest to some extent that certain types of property can be used within the authorities' own operations For example items used as criminal tools should be allowed to be used within the scope of police training and other purposes