Drug dealers’ cash is set to be confiscated and given to the Anthony Walker Foundation as part of a continued push to take criminals' profits and use them to help people across Merseyside.
An initiative started earlier this year sees some money taken from drug dealers through the courts sent directly to charities in our region. While the cash, which is forfeited when dealers are brought before the courts, was previously sent straight to the Home Office, an initiative started by judges at Liverpool Crown Court now sees it go directly to charities that work to help communities across Merseyside.
It applies to smaller amounts of money forfeited under Section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, rather than the larger sums taken from more senior criminals.
