Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Assets Recovery Agency was a non-ministerial government department in the United Kingdom. It was established under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to reduce crime by confiscating the proceeds of any crime. It was granted a new power of civil recovery through the High Court, and could also take over the powers of the HM Revenue and Customs to levy tax without identifying a source for taxed income.