不正暗号資産も没収対象　マネロン対策で法制審答申案

　法制審議会（法相の諮問機関）の刑事法部会は９日、犯罪グループなどが不正に取得した暗号資産を没収できるようにする組織的犯罪処罰法改正の答申案をまとめた。現行法では没収対象に含まれていないと解釈されており、マネーロンダリング（資金洗浄）対策などを強化する観点から捜査当局が早急な対応を求めていた。
　９月の法制審総会で決定し、法相に答申する予定。法務省は早ければ秋の臨時国会に改正案を提出する。（2022/08/09-17:33）

Japan's Legislative Council is set to recommend that authorities be allowed to confiscate crypto assets illegally obtained by crime groups and others, it was learned Tuesday.
   The advisory panel has drafted recommendations on revising the organized crime punishment law. It plans to finalize the recommendations and submit them to the justice minister in September.
   Based on the recommendations, the Justice Ministry will submit a bill to revise the law during this autumn's extraordinary parliamentary session at the earliest.
   Under the current law, multiple court rulings have denied that crypto assets are monetary claims that can be confiscated, according to the ministry.
   The panel will propose revising the law to state that assets in general can be confiscated.