The reverse onus legislation was passed on November 25, 2005. We have used some provisions of the act to get restraint orders in some cases, including under operation Colisée. However, it has yet to be challenged, further to the regulations. You have to realize that reverse onus can help, but that it does not actually change much in the day-to-day lives of police officers. Indeed, under the act as it stands, we must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual owns the property. So we must be in a position to prove, that this property belongs to the individual as a result of repeated criminal behaviour or through the acquisition of wealth.
As my colleague Inspector Denis Morin said, and as we've said, these people have learned and get rid of property that is in their name. So, investigations become very complex because we have to prove that the individual owns the property despite the fact that according to the land registry the property actually belongs to his wife, his daughter, his brother, his father or his deceased mother, or that the car is a rental. Bank accounts are hidden by fronts such as companies, trusts, because criminals have learned to hide behind trusts. Yet, it is good legislation, it is just that individuals have managed to circumvent it.