Attachment of proceeds of crime can reach equivalent-value property, pre-offence assets, and property held by persons outside the predicate offence.

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....Attachment of proceeds of crime may extend beyond assets initially identified, including subsequently traced proceeds and property of equivalent value where directly derived property is unavailable. Property acquired before the scheduled offence may be attached where later premium payments or funding are traced to layered proceeds of crime. An inadvertent reference to an unrelated entity does not invalidate attachment where other material establishes the generation and use of tainted funds, and transferable movable property may warrant attachment. Discharge of another person in predicate-offence proceedings does not determine the role of a separate person or the source of attached property. Attachment may reach proceeds held by persons not accused in the predicate offence. The foreign insurance policy's attachment was upheld and the appeal dismissed.....