The state government is undertaking a review of its 2014 unexplained wealth laws.
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Since the Criminal Assets Recovery Unit started operations under the legislation, it has harnessed more than $2 million in forfeiture and unexplained wealth orders.
There were $602,500 claimed in unexplained wealth orders in 2016-17 and $823,200 in 2015-16.
An independent review last year made several recommendations including one which suggested the government more deeply consider the issue of cryptocurrency and whether laws ensured enforcement agencies have power to discover the existence and amount of cryptocurrency.
The review, written by Damian Bugg, said action was needed to allow for the execution of search warrants in other Australian states.
For that review, Director of Public Prosecutions Daryl Coates highlighted there was a lot of time taken to receive information from banks, the Australian Taxation Office and Centrelink and issues with three-day wealth restraining orders which allowed insufficient time to specify the amount of unexplained wealth.
The Justice Department will accept written submissions for the new review until July 27.