DOJ seizes $40 Million in civil asset forfeiture
In an April 12, 2010 press release, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that more than ten tons of assets, mostly precious metals, including gold, silver and jewelry, had been forfeited as the result of an international money laundering investigation.
Innocent man has $400K taken from him in civil asset forfeiture
In an August 22, 2011 article, the Wall Street Journal told of the plight of a man whose money, more than $390,000, got caught up in a civil asset forfeiture case.
California County Buys Helicopter Using Civil Asset Forfeiture Funds
El Dorado County sheriff John D’Agostini received flak from some as he introduced his county’s newest tool, a helicopter named Eagle One.