A look into DHS asset forfeiture procedures

Forfeiture is a fairly big business for the Department of Homeland Security; seized more than $2 billion at airports between 2000 and 2016 and overwhelming number of owners were never even accused of committing a crime.

How do you protect your assets from seizures and forfeitures?

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People Have Few Protections Against Law Enforcement Civil Asset Forfeiture Practices

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Report: Government Seizes Billions in Private Property, but Citizens Have Little Recourse

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Five Myths of Civil Forfeiture

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Report: Asset Forfeiture Distorts Police Priorities

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Civil Asset Forfeiture: Unfair, Unjust, Un-American

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Report: Civil Forfeiture Policy Unjustly Deprives People of Property

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Sentence First; Verdict Afterwards: Civil Asset Forfeiture Ruins Lives on Basis of Allegations

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DEA Continues to Seize Money Without Proof of Criminality

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