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Op-Ed: State seizure of private property – How civil asset forfeiture has run amok in Louisiana

Imagine you are driving home from work one day and are stopped…

How do you protect your assets from seizures and forfeitures?

Dan Greenberg, deputy general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise…

Feds Expand Forfeiture of Cryptocurrency

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans a dramatic expansion in…

Warrant of arrest issued against seized funds from Bank of Saipan

DISTRICT Court for the NMI Magistrate Judge Heather Kennedy …

Fake Reform Won’t Fix Police Addiction To Forfeiture Cash

Nursing student and single mom Stephanie Wilson will soon have…

NM End of Civil Asset Forfeiture Didn’t Increase Crime: Study

In 2015, New Mexico legislators ended most civil asset forfeiture,…

Albany district attorney, sheriff under federal review for use of funds

The Department of Justice is reviewing the offices' use of federal…

Middle District Of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects More Than $168 Million In Civil And Criminal Actions In Fiscal Year 2022

Tampa, FL ― U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today…

From pirates to kingpins, the strange legal history of civil forfeiture

As with most good tales, this one starts with pirates. Or rather,…

After Having His Motel Seized by the Government, Victim of Civil Asset Forfeiture Reflects on His Fight

Russ Caswell, owner of Motel Caswell in Tewksbury, Mass., fought…