The parity principle is not engaged merely because offenders were investigated as part of the same police operation, knew each other, and were charged with offences involving the same drug type; a common criminal enterprise or offending arising from the same circumstances must be established. Forfeiture under s 47(1)(a) of the Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005 (SA) requires the property to be proceeds of a serious offence of which the person has been convicted, not proceeds of uncharged offending.
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