In a landmark case, a London borough has become the first
Council in the country to use the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) against slum
landlords for breaches of licensing conditions. A Recorder at Harrow Crown
Court ordered that POCA could be used to recover criminal assets that the Shah
family obtained from cramming 31 tenants into living conditions described as
“filthy and dangerous”. Brent Council officers discovered one woman living in
lean-to shack next to the four-bedroom property in Wembley during a raid in
July 2016. Read more on 24housing.
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