Ill Gotten Gains

A police team try to recover what they suspect are some very expensive stolen vehicles. We also see how seized assets are sold off when a ring and a very prestigious Bentley are put up for auction – and the money returned to the public purse.

Police in the north east target suspected drug gangs. We also see how money seized from criminals is being used to help fund outdoor training for youngsters in the south west.

Police in Derby are after a man they suspect is part of a county lines drug operation, and a Merseyside drug dealer has his BMW seized and sold off at auction. But where does all the cash seized from criminals go? Well, some of it is being used in Bristol to get local kids playing the beautiful game.

A modern slavery team check for signs of workers being exploited, a massive shoe collection goes up for sale when a London drug dealer is sent to jail, and we learn how an American football team in the UK received a boost from proceeds-of-crime funding.

Proceeds-of-crime cash helps police go hi-tech as they use seized money to fund a drone team, and the team are soon in demand to cover drug raids across Lancashire and beyond. An amazing racing car is up for sale at the proceeds-of-crime auction, and we follow how one woman helped police get the better of a romance fraudster in Durham.

Police launch an early morning operation against suspected loan sharks and show us one of the strangest places they have found hidden cash.

Police in Belfast show off a large collection of designer goods they found at a suspected paramilitary drug dealer's house, and a cheating boyfriend has his assets sold off after he stole money from his former girlfriends.

National Crime Agency officers seize cash and drugs from a suspected county lines drug dealer, and Border Force officers at Gatwick sell off a huge haul of gold seized from a passenger.

Counterfeit cigarette sellers are targeted by police in Cleveland who suspect that large sums of money are being made from the sale of unsafe products. And one criminal targeted by the City of London has his Rolex watch seized and sold off, but what will it fetch?

Police in Yorkshire look for county lines drug dealers in Harrogate, and at auction one fraudster is about to have their home sold to pay back the money they made illegally.

A light aircraft is up for sale to the highest bidder today – its owners must pay back tens of thousands of pounds they made through crime, but what did they do? And a modern slavery unit in north Wales moves to help suspected sex workers at a caravan on their patch.

Police in the City of London target suspected telephone fraudsters in a series of early morning raids – but will they find vital evidence of this difficult to prove crime? And a Liverpool drugs gang have their Range Rover and swanky Chanel gloves sold off to the public in a proceeds of crime sale.

Louis Vuitton, Prada, Chanel – just some of the luxury handbags for sale at the proceeds of crime auction today, all of which were seized from one man! We also follow Hackney Trading Standards as they target a shop they believe is selling fake electronic goods on the high street.

Today we watch as Merseyside police investigate the case of a carer they think has taken a huge sum of money from the person she was supposed to be caring for, and we also see what a 'vishing' fraudster’s designer suit and clothes will fetch at auction.

Today, a drone goes for sale at the proceeds of crime auction, and police in Surrey are targeting county lines drug dealers. We also learn how dedicated Trading Standards officers in Powys tracked down a cruel con man targeting the elderly - and stripped him of all the cash he had stolen.