Asset Forfeiture

"Follow the money." Following the money in the Watergate scandal of the 1970s was a key development in that investigation and underscored the essential role of money in the underlying criminal activity. Since that time, law enforcement realized that new strategies needed to be developed in order to stem the mounting societal costs associated with financially motivated crime and to take the financial incentive out of criminal activity. These strategies included the freezing, seizing, and confiscation of assets - better known as asset forfeiture. Asset Forfeiture: Practice and Procedure in State and Federal Courts is a "how to," practical guide to the common legal and practical issues faced by the asset forfeiture litigator.
Written for both the criminal defense attorney and the criminal prosecutor, this book: Is the only single-volume work summarizing state and federal asset forfeiture procedures; Highlights key elements of all 50 states in 21 easy-to-read summary charts; Provides strategies for law and motion and civil discovery practice relating to state and federal forfeiture actions; Contrasts state and federal forfeiture procedures, including a chart of the distribution formula for all 50 states; Is the only book that addresses ethical issues and discusses the state and federal ethical codes relating to asset forfeiture.
 
"Follow the money." Following the money in the Watergate scandal of the 1970s was a key development in that investigation and underscored the essential role of money in the underlying criminal activity. Since that time, law enforcement realized that new strategies needed to be developed in order to stem the mounting societal costs associated with financially motivated crime and to take the financial incentive out of criminal activity. These strategies included the freezing, seizing, and confiscation of assets - better known as asset forfeiture. Asset Forfeiture: Practice and Procedure in State and Federal Courts is a "how to," practical guide to the common legal and practical issues faced by the asset forfeiture litigator.
Written for both the criminal defense attorney and the criminal prosecutor, this book: Is the only single-volume work summarizing state and federal asset forfeiture procedures; Highlights key elements of all 50 states in 21 easy-to-read summary charts; Provides strategies for law and motion and civil discovery practice relating to state and federal forfeiture actions; Contrasts state and federal forfeiture procedures, including a chart of the distribution formula for all 50 states; Is the only book that addresses ethical issues and discusses the state and federal ethical codes relating to asset forfeiture.