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Prosecutor Ton Maan and Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman announced the start of the Afpakteam (Asset Recovery team) in St. Maarten on Thursday afternoon.
 
The team comprises Police, Coast Guard, Tax officials, Social Insurer SZV, Customs and Prosecutor’s Office officers. The team’s responsibility is to seize assets such as homes and other buildings, vehicles, boats and anything of value from persons the Prosecutor’s Office deems suspects.
 
Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Norman Serphos informed members of the press that the penal code will not be applied in seizures. Authorities will use laws outside of the penal code. Suspects will have to show proof of ownership before being allowed to get back what was seized.
 
The Prosecutor’s Office therefore would not need the court system to make someone a suspect and the court also does not have anything to do with the assets seized, according to Serphos.
 
Similar teams have been operating in Curaçao for some time now. St. Maarten’s Council of Ministers approved the project four months ago after it was requested by Minister of Finance Richard Gibson Sr.
 
 

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