Recital 38

(38) The social reuse of confiscated property sends a visible message to society in general regarding the importance of values such as justice and legality, reaffirms the prevalence of the rule of law in communities more directly affected by organised crime, and builds the resilience of those communities against criminal infiltration in their social and economic fabric, as observed in those Member States that have already adopted such social reuse measures. Therefore, Member States are encouraged to take the necessary measures to allow for the possibility to use confiscated property for public interest or social purposes, so that it is possible to maintain confiscated property as State property for justice, law enforcement, public service, social or economic purposes or to transfer such confiscated property to the authorities from the municipality or region where it is located so that those authorities can use it for such purposes, including for assignment to organisations carrying out work of social interest. The use of confiscated property for such purposes is without prejudice to the budgetary autonomy of Member States.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.