"Vehicles, watches, jewelry, ingots, wines ... the exceptional auction of goods seized by justice has just brought in 2,980,000 euros to the State which can now be donated to associations", announced the Minister of Justice on Twitter.
"The right method is to hit the delinquents at the wallet," he added.
This auction sale of 310 lots of objects seized or confiscated in the context of criminal proceedings was organized at the Ministry of the Economy, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets ( Agrasc) placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice.
A Richard Mille watch that will be auctioned with other valuables seized by justice, November 5, 2021 in Paris Eric PIERMONT AFP
During a press conference Thursday, Eric Dupond-Moretti had hoped that "the confiscation" of property is not limited to "the fight against economic and financial crime or organized crime" but be extended to "the fight against everyday delinquency in order to ensure that crime no longer pays, that crime no longer pays ".
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