This seminar explores section 490 of the Criminal Code and explain strategies for defence lawyers at each stage of the process. Topics include: how to strategically communicate with investigators; navigating sections 490(2), (3), and (9.1) applications; strategies for pursuing return orders; and the overlap with civil forfeiture applications. The seminar will also address developing areas of the law relating to detention of electronic data, following the judgment in R. v. Teixeira, 2022 BCSC 344.