A panel of federal appellate judges unanimously ruled Thursday that Detroit's practice of seizing people's cars for months at a time before giving them a chance to contest the seizure violates vehicle ...

The federal government is waging war on Americans and their bank accounts through the "legal maze" of civil asset forfeiture, a senior attorney at a nonprofit law firm said. "The administrative ...

The right to property is perhaps our oldest right. But government may seize property used in crime, called civil forfeiture? What type of procedures are required when this happens to protect our ...

Bipartisan legislation could halt the federal government’s decades-long practice of seizing billions of dollars from Americans who never face criminal charges. "The lawless seizure and ‘forfeiture’ of ...

Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture case targeting luxury homes, exotic vehicles and commercial properties ...

Last week the Albany County, New York Sheriff announced that an employee in his business office had stolen more than $68,000 out of a federal forfeiture fund. The employee, who oversaw the ...

Civil asset forfeiture has been a nuisance for many citizens, especially when law enforcement retains assets without any conviction of a crime. For years, there has been discussion among lawmakers and ...

Illustration from the FBI's asset-forfeiture webpage, a division of white-collar crime. (Image courtesy of the FBI) LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal agents from ...

While profit-motivated law-enforcement agencies tend to portray it as inherently suspicious, there is nothing illegal about traveling with large sums of cash. Stillfx - stock.adobe.com On a Friday in ...