The USDA Is Operating a Raisin Cartel
“Don’t worry, bro, this is totally legal!” While we’ve been busy watching the court drama and congressional debate over the...
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Secret Service Takes $115,000 from NC Couple Without Ever Charging Them With a Crime
On the morning of Sept. 25, 2014, Tom Bednar was sitting in the bedroom of the Raleigh, N.C., home he...
Systemic Government Theft Under Fire Again
Civil asset forfeiture is coming under the spotlight again, this time by bloggers, journalists, and analysts, who met at a...
Mississippi City Builds Brand New Police Station Entirely With Asset Forfeiture Money
The Mississippi city of Richland has a new $4.1 million police station, a top-level training center and a fleet of black-and-white...
NC Store Owner Targeted in IRS Civil Forfeiture Case is Getting Money Back
Lyndon McLellan is getting his money back. McLellan, a North Carolina convenience store owner, woke up one day to find...
Texas State Police Made $33,000,000 Worth of Asset Forfeitures From Just 219 Traffic Stops
We’ve all seen the pictures; one bust after the other. Drugs like meth and marijuana all piled up and seized...
North Carolina Forfeiture Case Reveals Limits of Executive Reform, Government Defensiveness
In March, we detailed reforms announced by Attorney General Eric Holder to federal asset forfeitures under the Bank Secrecy Act’s...
IRS Used Asset Forfeiture to Steal Business Owner’s Life Savings For no Reason
Lyndon McLellan, a rural North Carolina convenience store owner, woke up one day to discover the IRS had seized every...
Montana Next State to Limit Asset Forfeiture
The Montana state legislature recently voted through a bill that limits the use of asset forfeiture, a tool often used...
Seized Assets Mean Big Money for Arizona Cops
Arizona law enforcement agencies have spent more than $57 million since 2008 through a federal program granting money and other...
Asset Forfeiture is a Violation of Most Basic Constitutional Rights
Under civil forfeiture, the government can seize and keep cash, cars and other valuables from people who have done nothing...
New Mexico End Civil Asset Forfeiture
The New Mexico legislature on Saturday passed a bill that will end civil asset forfeiture in the state. The bill, HB...
Missouri Police Receive Stolen Property Through Federal Loophole
Following months of protest for the killing of unarmed Ferguson resident Mike Brown, a recent US Department of Justice audit...
TX Representative Files Bill to Repeal Asset Forfeiture
Longview state Rep. David Simpson filed a bill Wednesday in Austin to repeal Texas civil asset forfeiture law and instead...
“Cash Cops”: How Civil Forfeiture Enriched US Law Enforcement
Civil forfeiture is a major issue that’s recently gotten into the news, notably due to Attorney General Eric Holder’s change to...
Maryland House Passes Bill to Reform Civil Forfeiture Procedures
A bill that would reform Maryland’s civil forfeiture policies, restricting the state’s ability to keep confiscated property and requiring police...
Kim Dotcom Can’t Fight $67M Asset Forfeiture
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is not entitled to contest the forfeiture of an estimated $67 million in frozen assets because...
Man Acquitted Of Crime, Cops Still Take His Cash
Iowa State troopers can keep more than $30,000 in cash taken during a traffic stop, even though the owner was...
Wyoming Governor Vetoes Asset Forfeiture Bill, Because Asset Forfeiture ‘Is Right’
Governor Matt Mead is unapologetically in the pockets of police unions. How else can one explain his decision to veto...
