Georgia lawmakers are working on a way to limit how seized items and money are used by city and county governments.

“The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office have always endeavored to implement civil forfeiture consistently with Oregon and federal law, and we are pleased that the Oregon Supreme Court confirmed the ...

SPLC Senior Policy Analyst Introduction Alabama residents Greg and Teresa Almond lost their home, business and reputation, ...

Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday ordered the forfeiture of 6.3 billion units of ordinary ...

The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has ordered the forfeiture of 6.3 billion units of ordinary shares in Keystone Bank Limited, valued at N1.00 each, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The Eastern District of New York, which covers Long Island, ranked first among the 93 federal prosecution districts in the ...

Illinois gun shop owners are suing Will County authorities and the U.S. Secret Service for wrongful civil forfeiture.

It’s a new year, and with a new calendar comes new Minnesota laws. Among the new laws that went into effect Jan. 1 are rules touching commerce, transportation, natural resources, families, ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday oversaw the seizure of a Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican ...

We’ll be soon closing the book on one of the state’s largest drug seizures and takedown of the large-scale, illicit ...

Shelley Ross Saxer (Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law) has posted Forfeiture Takings on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Forfeiture laws allow law enforcement to seize property that has ...

New Lenox gun shop owners Jeffery Regnier and Greta Keranen are suing Will County sheriff, U.S. Secret Service, over asset ...