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In 2015, Eric Holder ended the policy of "adoptive forfeiture", which occurred "when a state or local law enforcement agency seizes property pursuant to state law and requests that a federal agency take the seized asset and forfeit it under federal law" due to abuse. [20]
Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the authorities. In the United States, it is a type of criminal-justice financial obligation . It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime.
Equitable sharing refers to a United States program in which the proceeds of liquidated seized assets from asset forfeiture are shared between state and federal law enforcement authorities. The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 set up the arrangement in which state and local police can share the seizures with federal agents. [1]
The House and Senate passed separate bills on civil asset forfeiture, a controversial practice that allows law enforcement to seize property allegedly linked to criminal activity even if someone ...
United States civil forfeiture case law (1 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Asset forfeiture" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The federal Department of Justice announced a civil forfeiture settlement Monday against the 11-bedroom, 27-bathroom French chateau-style mansion in one of L.A.'s most exclusive neighborhoods ...
The court's territorial jurisdiction encompasses the state of Hawaii and the territories of Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, and Jarvis Island; [1] [2] it also occasionally handles (jointly with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the High Court ...
The explosions may be fake, but the nightmare scenario is ripped from the headlines.