The executive order requires detailed annual reports on civil asset forfeitures to be made available to the public. In a news ...

A group of lawmakers are taking a stab at limiting how much money local governments can keep from court fines and civil forfeiture for their yearly budgets. Civil asset forfeiture is the process by ...

The modern incarnation of criminal forfeiture traces its roots back to 1970, when Congress passed the RICO Act and the Controlled Substances Act, which allowed law enforcement to seize property ...

Nov. 26—The Morgan County District Attorney's Office last week filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property from five defendants charged with drug offenses, while a state lawmaker who helped ...

Law enforcement officials fighting a wave of heroin abuse and other drugs question an effort to reform laws they say help them stop the flow of drugs into Wisconsin. Civil asset forfeiture is a tool ...

In the first decision of its kind in Nevada, a judge ruled last week that state law enforcement can't evade stricter requirements for seizing cash and property by partnering with the federal ...

If cops weren’t allowed to seize your property without a trial—and, in many cases, without even accusing you of a crime—law enforcement in America would be near unrecognizable. For instance, the DEA ...

The judge earlier issued an order of interim forfeiture of the N212.8 billion worth of landed assets traced to former AGF Malami in Abuja, Kano and Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, on 7 January.Chief Judge ...

Mr Malami, who served as the AGF during the late former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, sought two categories of orders lifting the interim forfeiture orders on the seized assets.Former ...

The plaintiffs in the case against Charter Communications Inc. allege the telecommunications giant ‘misused’ forfeited plan assets when reducing the employer’s future matching contributions to the ...