Recital 37

(37) Considering that criminal activities can inflict great harm on victims, it is essential to protect their rights, including the rights to compensation and restitution. Therefore, Member States should take appropriate measures to ensure that victims’ claims to restitution and compensation against the person who is subject to a confiscation measure as a result of a criminal offence are taken into account in asset-tracing, freezing and confiscation proceedings, including in cross-border cases. Moreover, in order to facilitate the compensation and restitution of property to victims, it is necessary to facilitate the tracing of property that might become the object of such claims as well as the exchange of information between authorities competent for asset tracing and authorities competent for deciding upon claims by victims or executing such decisions.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.