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In the United States, civil forfeiture (also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture) [1] is a process in which law enforcement officers take assets from people who are suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing.
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.
Civil asset forfeiture has long been a controversial program that critics argue infringes on people's constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure.
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]
May 21—Recent legislative changes will not impact the asset forfeiture practices at the Dickinson County Sheriff's Department. "Looking over the new legislation, there are no changes that we ...
The OIG concluded that continuing such searches could "imperil the Department’s asset forfeiture and seizure activities." "Absence of critical controls, such as adequate policies, guidance ...
He was then nominated and confirmed to the position of United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where he served from 2006 to 2007. [6] [7] While an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he was appointed to the Attorney General's Advisory Committee (AGAC) and chaired the AGAC's Controlled Substances and Asset Forfeiture subcommittee.
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 ...