DEA Suffer$ Cutback$ –
February 22, 2019 – The (DEA) claims it operates its current civil asset forfeiture program “to disrupt the financial dealings and dismantle the financial infrastructure of illegal drug traffickers.”But, it is unclear how some items seized are implicated in the “financial infrastructure of illegal drug traffickers.” For example, the DEA and collaborating agencies seized huge sums of high-priced jewelry, totaling over $560,000 in the fourth quarter of 2018.
