Nearly £20,000 of trainers have been seized from a wannabe gangster, and he's about to lose the lot at a Proceeds of Crime auction. Police in the Thames Valley target one crook's pension so they can use the cash to pay back his victims. And BMX-riding kids get a boost when Proceeds of Crime money is used to give them a proper track and training.
In this episode, a fraudsters high-end Range Rover is taken off him and sold at auction, and police suspect an elderly man may have had his home taken over by drug dealers, so they send a team to help. We also see how a community patrol in the West Midlands is receiving money from criminals to keep the streets safe.
Police raid a house in search of drugs but find something terrifying once they are inside the property. An unusual property goes on sale at a Midlands Proceeds of Crime auction - a Hidden House. And a chunk of money made from selling criminal assets is given over to a football club to help them train young local players.
A violent dealer loses cash and his shoe collection when the Met police track him down. A rare Merc goes up for sale at the Proceeds of Crime auction, and money seized from loan sharks helps get one Midlands town in the seaside spirit.
Elite police in Derby hit the streets and arrest dealers making money on their patch, whilst a money launderer's watch is sold at auction. Meanwhile, money raised from selling criminals goods is used to help feed people via a special pop-up restaurant in the Midlands.
Thames Valley Police target a series of 'county lines' drug dealers in their area, and youngsters in Wales receive Proceeds of Crime money to keep their boxing club fighting fit.
Thames Valley Police pursue suspected fraudsters in their region, and we find out how money seized from drug dealers is helping to keep football fans safe in the West Midlands.
Specialist officers from the Economic Crime Unit in Thames Valley raid a gang of suspected fraudsters - hitting them in the early hours of the morning. And a drug gang are losing their Mercedes - it's going under the hammer at a proceeds of crime auction whilst they sit in jail.
Up for auction today is a highly prized Harley Davidson motorcycle - but what did its former owner do to end up having his bike seized by police and sold off? And we see how a cunning burglar has all the proceeds of his crimes sold off to repay his victims. But proceeds of crime money is a big plus for an all-male choir, who are receiving funding paid for by cash and assets seized from crooks!
Today, Merseyside police are on the hunt for a missing two hundred thousand pounds - they have a suspect but need to find evidence. And we see how money seized from criminals is put back into community schemes, as an inclusive football club gets money from the proceeds of crime.
In this episode, we see how two brothers in Wales ran their own drug organisation until they were exposed by police. We watch as their prize possessions, two motocross bikes, are sold at auction to the highest bidder.
In this episode, police target a drug dealer, and when he is convicted they seize and sell off a house he bought with drug profits. Elsewhere, officers target money being made by dealers on the street, and we see some of the weaponry police have to remove before they can seize any cash.
Loan sharks make huge sums from innocent members of the public, and we follow as the England Illegal Money Lending Team target a suspect and raid his home. The money lending team in Wales seize a caravan from a convicted loan shark and sell it at auction, and we see how cannabis officers in the West Midlands are able to seize all the paraphenalia used to grow cannabis and put it to a very different use.
A massive police operation in Liverpool leads to a series of arrests of criminals, all of whom have made money illegally. An asset recovery team in the south west arrest a drugs gang and then seize the designer contents of their wardrobe - literally taking the shirts off their backs. And we visit the boxing club in Tuebrook that has received funding from money local police seized from criminals.
Ill Gotten Gains follows police officers as they strip criminals of the assets they have bought with cash made from crime. In Episode one we follow police as they seize a Mercedes from a drug dealer who had not paid back the money he made from crime, and we see how elite officers in Derby stop dealers making money in a public park by launching a series of arrests. We also see how high-fashion brands are very popular and selling like hot cakes at the Proceeds of Crime auction.
