Report: Asset Forfeiture Distorts Police Priorities by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A new report published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) argues that drug-crime  asset forfeiture by law enforcement agencies, which it termed "police for profit," could have had unintended consequences beyond the well-documented abuses of the …

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Unfair, Unjust, Un-American by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Founding Father George Mason once said, “When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.” Mason, along with many other founders of the United States of America, …

Ninth Circuit: Government Cannot Seize Cash Based Solely on Money’s Intended Use by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from seizing cash intended for drug use unless some step was taken toward actually …

No Forfeiture-Database Backup With Millions on the Line, NYPD Admits by Adam Klasfeld New York City is one power surge away from losing all of the data police have on millions of dollars in unclaimed forfeitures, a city attorney admitted to a flabbergasted judge on Tuesday. "That's insane,"  Manhattan Supreme …

US v. $11,500, DC, Opinion, Civil Forfeiture, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $11,500.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, in rem; $2,971.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, in rem, Defendants, No. 14-35717 D.C. No. 3:10-cv-00097MO OPINION CHARLES GUERRERO, Claimant-Appellant. Appeal …

Asset Forfeiture Handbook, ICE, 2010 Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations Asset Forfeiture Handbook HSI HB 10-04 June 30, 2010 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Foreword The Asset Forfeiture Handbook provides a uniform source of national policies, procedures, responsibilities, guidelines, and controls to be followed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …