Making sure crime doesn't pay

It is wrong for criminals to be able to exploit for financial gain crimes which have devastated the lives of victims and their families. The proposals being consulted on to prevent this are:

* making it a criminal offence for money to be received by or paid to convicted criminals for publications about their crimes;

* introducing a new civil scheme for the recovery of any profits, the Government's preferred option;

* extending the self-regulatory approach governing the press to other groups such as book publishers and film makers; or

* to make no changes to the current position.

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