(单词翻译:单击)
On the rural outskirts of Le Moule, Guadeloupe, sits a luxurious villa. The style is modern but simple. It’s in perfect condition.
在瓜德罗普岛勒穆勒的郊区，坐落着一座豪华别墅。风格现代简明。房屋状况良好。
Until last year, the house was the home of a criminal convicted of fraud.
直到去年，这座房子还是一名犯有诈骗罪的罪犯的家。
Now, it is a center dedicated to protecting victims of domestic violence from their abusers, who receive supervision and counseling at the site.
现在，这里成为了一个致力于保护家庭暴力受害者免受施虐者伤害的中心，施虐者在这里接受监督和疏导。
Under normal circumstances, the French nonprofit Judicial Control and Investigation Service (SCJE) would have had to spend months to find such a real estate gem.
在正常情况下，法国非营利机构“司法控制与调查服务”可能要花几个月的时间才能找到这样一处宝地。
But it got the keys to the villa last February for a symbolic 1 pound, after answering a call for community projects in search of housing from the French Ministry of Justice’s Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets (AGRASC).
法国司法部(French Ministry of Justice)扣押与没收资产管理与追回机构（AGRASC）发起了寻找住房的社区项目号召，“司法控制与调查服务”在响应该号召后于去年2月象征性地以1磅的价格拿到了这座别墅的钥匙。
“It makes things easier for groups like us, and we know there’s a solid plan to back it up,” says Julien Delcourt, director of development and innovation at the Lille-based SCJE, which works to prevent delinquency and recidivism.
总部位于里尔的“司法控制与调查服务”致力于防止犯罪和再次犯罪，其发展和创新主管朱利安·德尔库尔说: “这个号召让我们这样的团体更容易，我们知道有一个可靠的计划支持它。”
“Moreover, the object goes from a confiscated asset to something that has meaning for society.”
“此外，这件物品从没收的资产变成了对社会有意义的东西。”
The SCJE is one of a handful of nonprofits benefiting from a new government initiative that aims to turn crime into goodwill.
“司法控制与调查服务”是少数受益于政府新举措的非营利组织之一，该举措旨在将犯罪转化为善行。
Since April 2021, the state has donated four pieces of prime real estate once owned by convicted criminals to French charities, and seized millions of euros worth of cars, jewelry, and other merchandise.
自2021年4月以来，国家向法国慈善机构捐赠了四处曾为罪犯所有的优质房产，没收的价值数百万欧元的汽车、珠宝和其他商品也捐赠给了慈善机构。
Though the scheme involves a long and arduous legal process and some say it should go further, the benefits are paramount.
尽管该计划涉及一个漫长又费力的法律程序，而且一些人认为计划应该更进一步，但好处非常大。
Confiscating assets can be a deterrent to a repeat offense, as many find it even more undesirable than a prison sentence.
没收资产可以威慑再次犯罪，因为许多人认为这甚至比监禁更讨厌。
It also offers an avenue to transform the profits of bad works into good.
该计划还提供了一条将不法所得的利润投入到慈善活动的途径。
“The idea is that the money goes back to the community where it was stolen from,” says Didier Rebut, a criminal law professor at the Universite Paris Pantheon-Assas.
巴黎万神殿-阿萨斯大学的刑法教授迪迪埃·雷布特说：“我们的想法是，这笔钱应该返还给被盗的社区。”
“Before, the state took the money [from confiscated items] for itself. Now, it can be used for public good. Without a doubt, it’s a virtuous circle.”
“以前，国家把没收的资金据为己有。现在，这笔资金可以用于公益事业。 毫无疑问，这是一个良性循环。”
While AGRASC’s latest initiative began in 2021, it was inspired by Italy, which, in 2018, offered France a Parisian apartment formerly owned by a convicted mafia boss on the condition that it be used for society’s benefit.
虽然“扣押与没收资产管理与追回机构”的最新举措始于2021年，但其灵感来自意大利，在2018年，意大利向法国提供了一套曾由一名被判有罪的黑手党头目所有的巴黎公寓，使用条件是该公寓要用于社会福利。
