在津巴布韦,根据《重罪(没收好处)法》第 8 节,国家在定罪后自动申请没收令,作为刑事案件的一部分。根据该法第 24 节,没有起诉或定罪,也可以没收。尽管没收与犯罪所得价值相当的资产的权力在立法中没有论及,而是在贿赂案件的没收情况下加以处理(第 62A 节),但这在实践没有造成问题,在实践中适用该法第 24 节。 反腐败委员会有权根据《反腐败委员会法》第 13 节实行搜查和扣押,因为该法要求反腐败委员会官员搜查、入室或扣押时,须通知警察,由警察陪同。扩大 《没收法》中“警察”的定义,以便也包含反腐败委员会官员,就使反腐败委员会可以在各种情况下独立进行搜查和扣押。 警察和检察官有搜查和追查资产的各种权力。津巴布韦储备银行的金融情报中 心有权暂时冻结可疑交易报告已经提出最多七天的交易,只是这种权力很少用。虽然冻结、扣押和没收已转变或转化的财产的权力没有得到直接处理,但在这些情况下却可以适用《没收法》第 24 节。没收好处在第 15 节中有规定,第三 方利益受《没收法》第 5 和 10 节保护。
In Zimbabwe, the State automatically applies for a forfeiture order after conviction as part of a criminal case under Section 8 of the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act. Forfeiture is also possible without a prosecution or conviction under Section 24 of the same Act. While the power to confiscate assets corresponding to the value of criminal proceeds is not addressed in the legislation other than in the case of forfeiture in bribery cases (Section 62A), this has not presented issues in practice, where Section 24 of the Act is applied. ZACC has powers to conduct searches and seizures under Section 13 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, which requires a ZACC officer to notify and be accompanied by a police officer when conducting a search, entry or seizure. An expansion of the definition of “police officer” in the Confiscation Act to also include officers of ZACC would allow the ZACC to conduct searches and seizures independently in all circumstances. The police and prosecutors have the full range of powers to search and trace assets. The financial intelligence unit (FIU) in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has powers to temporarily freeze transactions for which suspicious transaction reports (STRs) have been filed for up to seven days, though this power is rarely used. Although the power to freeze, seize and confiscate transformed or converted property is not directly addressed, Section 24 of the Confiscation Act can be applied in these circumstances. The confiscation of benefits is addressed in Section 15 and third party interests are protected under Sections 5 and 10 of the Confiscation Act.