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Liverpool<\/b><\/a> have issued over 400 lifetime bans after more than \u00a31.2m of assets relating to the illegal selling of tickets was seized by police. <\/b><\/p>\n The club worked with Merseyside Police to seize the assets from organised ticket touts.<\/p>\n The police operation focused on the laundering of criminal proceeds from illicit ticket sales and took place alongside the club’s crackdown on ticket touting, both online and in the ground.<\/p>\n The club has since issued 432 lifetime bans to the guilty parties, as well as 115 indefinite suspensions. <\/p>\n Detective Chief Inspector Nick Suffield said: “This is a fantastic example of partnership working between ourselves and Liverpool<\/a> Football Club for the good of the fans and the general public.<\/p>\n “We will always take action to protect genuine fans who fall victim to touts when all they are trying to do is simply purchase tickets to support their team.”<\/p>\n From the assets seized, the money was split between Merseyside Police and the Home Office. <\/p>\n Last year, BBC Sport revealed<\/a> Liverpool<\/a> had shut down 145,000 ticket accounts over the previous two years as part of a crackdown on touting.<\/p>\n