http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5035336%255E661,00... "STREET level drug dealers, car thieves, burglars, abalone poachers, standover merchants and blackmailers face losing all their assets under new seizure laws. Criminals' assets will be frozen upon or before arrest and automatically forfeited after conviction. And police will be able to sell possessions likely to depreciate in value, such as luxury cars and boats, even before their owners appear in court. After conviction it will be up to the criminals to prove they legally obtained the seized assets, rather than for police to prove they were the proceeds of crime. They will lose everything they own, from houses right down to watches and clothes, unless they can prove lawful acquisition Police Minister Andre Haermeyer yesterday defended the reversal of the usual onus of proof as necessary to hit criminals where it hurt most in their hip pockets." "police had been foiled in seizing some criminals' assets because of the speed with which money could be moved on the Internet." MORE ON http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5035014%255E661,00... Corrupt P.I.Gs prove they cant be trusted.