Jetway Robbery: Homeland Security and Cash Seizures at Airports
A recent study by the Institute for Justice found currency seizures at airports by Department of Homeland Security agencies are a large and growing problem. From 2000 through 2016, DHS agencies seized...
View ArticleLetter to Congress: Urgent Need for Civil Forfeiture Reform
In a recent letter to Congress, a variety of liberal and conservative groups urged the adoption of simple civil forfeiture reforms such as sending proceeds to the general treasury, eliminating...
View ArticleThe Perversity of Civil Forfeiture
“Journalists following the money have discovered, for example, that state revenue investigators in Georgia used seized assets to purchase travel to junkets, engraved firearms, "gym equipment,...
View ArticleCivil Asset Forfeiture Perverts Policing
“The prosecution of justice should never be a way for law enforcement to generate revenue. Our criminal justice system is supposed to serve the people it protects; it can’t do that if it’s perversely...
View ArticleMichigan Authorizes Cops To Rob Travelers at Airports
New laws in Michigan authorize the forfeiture of cash carried by travelers at the state’s airports without a criminal conviction. This is a substantial reversal of reforms the state legislature had...
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