Criminal
assets sharing is a common practice worldwide, which can encourage assets-inflow countries to cooperate more with
each other, contributingto the
criminal assets recovery of the victimized countries. This article explores
the status quo of Chinese and American criminal assets sharing system, and put forward some measures to improve and develop
this system in China. Judging from
China’s current domestic and international legislation in the field of criminal
assets sharing, as well as extraterritorial experience of the USA, which
can be achieved by strengthening external cooperation, improving relevant
domestic legislation, and establishing a case-by-case consultation mechanism.
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