Ill Gotten Gains

Nearly £20,000 of trainers have been seized from a wannabe gangster, and he's about to lose the lot at a Proceeds of Crime auction. Police in the Thames Valley target one crook's pension so they can use the cash to pay back his victims. And BMX-riding kids get a boost when Proceeds of Crime money is used to give them a proper track and training.

Police raid a house in search of drugs but find something terrifying once they are inside the property. An unusual property goes on sale at a Midlands Proceeds of Crime auction - a Hidden House. And a chunk of money made from selling criminal assets is given over to a football club to help them train young local players.

Elite police in Derby hit the streets and arrest dealers making money on their patch, whilst a money launderer's watch is sold at auction. Meanwhile, money raised from selling criminals goods is used to help feed people via a special pop-up restaurant in the Midlands.

Thames Valley Police pursue suspected fraudsters in their region, and we find out how money seized from drug dealers is helping to keep football fans safe in the West Midlands.

Up for auction today is a highly prized Harley Davidson motorcycle - but what did its former owner do to end up having his bike seized by police and sold off? And we see how a cunning burglar has all the proceeds of his crimes sold off to repay his victims. But proceeds of crime money is a big plus for an all-male choir, who are receiving funding paid for by cash and assets seized from crooks!

In this episode, we see how two brothers in Wales ran their own drug organisation until they were exposed by police. We watch as their prize possessions, two motocross bikes, are sold at auction to the highest bidder.

Loan sharks make huge sums from innocent members of the public, and we follow as the England Illegal Money Lending Team target a suspect and raid his home. The money lending team in Wales seize a caravan from a convicted loan shark and sell it at auction, and we see how cannabis officers in the West Midlands are able to seize all the paraphenalia used to grow cannabis and put it to a very different use.

Ill Gotten Gains follows police officers as they strip criminals of the assets they have bought with cash made from crime. In Episode one we follow police as they seize a Mercedes from a drug dealer who had not paid back the money he made from crime, and we see how elite officers in Derby stop dealers making money in a public park by launching a series of arrests. We also see how high-fashion brands are very popular and selling like hot cakes at the Proceeds of Crime auction.

How do you raise more than a million pounds for the public purse in just a couple of hours? Ill Gotten Gains meets the Copp family, who loved flaunting their wealth on social media and wound up in one of the biggest fraud investigations ever. In Solihull a team of officers from the illegal money lending team are leading the fight against loan sharks who charge eye-watering high interest rates.

Police crack down on a number of addresses they believe are being used to sell drugs. And Wiltshire police surveillance on a former nuclear bunker ends with a shocking discovery, one of the biggest of its kind in the UK.

Police aim to put a stop to the drug supply in Derby, and take away any assets and cash that have been made illegally. Plus the RNLI are called out to assist a yacht in distress, but they end up alerting Border Force after it refuses to be rescued.

Police in Merseyside execute multiple raids on properties across the Liverpool area searching for ill-gotten gains. The programme also finds out about a crime that lead to a sailing yacht being sold off at a proceeds-of-crime auction.

Police in Derbyshire target a drug dealer and look to seize all the money he has been making illegally. The programme also follows the vital operation at sea that Border Force launched to find a fishing boat with an illegal cargo.

Today's episode highlights the work of one clever con-woman, Claire Miller. She conned an estimated 17,000 men into parting with money to join an escort agency she claimed to have set up. Police decided to seize her large collection of shoes and handbags and sell them all off at a Proceeds of Crime auction. The programme also looks at the case of love rat Matthew Samuels, who conned five women out of their savings whilst pretending to be interested in romancing them. A Proceeds of Crime investigation by West Murcia Police discovered that he spent the money he had conned on buying expensive cars, and subsequently they were all auctioned off and the proceeds given back to his victims. We also see how Chesterfield Canal Trust has benefitted from criminals' money. They had already received funding to regenerate their local canal and now have a new boat which is available for pleasure trips and is a positive use of money seized back from criminals.

Elite officers from the West Midlands Asset Recovery team raid the home of a man whom they suspect has been involved in mortgage fraud. We also watch how a fraudster, who was living in a mansion and hiding a cannabis farm in a secret den behind a false wall, has his proceeds of crime seized and valued for auction. A boat that was involved in smuggling illegal immigrants is auctioned off at a Proceeds of Crime sale, and a man is jailed for fraud after selling fake car insurance to more than 600 unsuspecting victims. Today's programme also visits Lylac Ridge farm in Wales, which helps disadvantaged children and adults and has benefitted from funding through Proceeds of Crime.

We watch as the story of one of Britain's largest ever drug trafficking seizure unfolds. Golem, a family yacht, was swooped on in Dover by the Border Force, and two men arrested as cocaine with an estimated street value of £120 million was found stashed aboard. The National Crime Agency charged and convicted the men, who were later sentenced to more than 34 years, and we watch as the boat is sold under the hammer for £96,000 at a Proceeds of Crime auction. Today's episode also follows a live raid with South Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit as they arrest a drug king pin and seize his high-value assets. But Proceeds of Crime isn't just about drug dealers and trafficking - it also combats white collar crime. We follow the case of Dean Ahmed, who tried to get away with a massive benefit fraud.