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What Constitutes A Predicate And Offence Under Uk Law?

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What constitutes a ‘predicate’ offence under UK Law?
In the UK, the law on predicate offences and money laundering (ML) is set out in the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002. Under the POCA (applied from 24/02/03), the Crown has to prove that the laundered proceeds are criminal property i.e. prior to ML taking place a criminal offence under UK law was carried out (predicate offence). The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) defines ML as “the process by which criminal proceeds are sanitised to disguise their illicit origins”. The criminal proceeds being those funds generated from the predicate crime.
It is the POCA section 340 that defines the criminal offences i.e. in the case of ML the predicate offence. This is confirmed as “criminal conduct which constitutes an offence in any part of the UK or would constitute an offence in the UK if it occurred there”. This is an important aspect in that local legislation and laws apply in that whilst the activity may be legal in another jurisdiction if it is performed by a UK resident it will be deemed a crime and therefore any proceeds deemed criminal. By way of an example, Rudi Fortson states that in Spain, bull fighting is deemed lawful but viewed as unlawful under UK law (Protection of Animals act 1911). In this scenario, it could be deemed a predicate offence with the proceeds criminal property.
The CPS also confirms that for ML and its classification there are types of prosecution scenarios where the defendant of ML is also the

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