Entries by Sebastian Rucci

Airport Pirates Find Bounty in a College Student’s Life Savings

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Today, our friends at the Institute for Justice launched a new challenge to yet another instance of egregious civil asset forfeiture abuse. Charles Clarke is a 24‐​year‐​old college student who found out the hard way that government officials can confiscate property on the mere suspicion that it has a “substantial connection” to a crime or […]

Stopping the abuse of civil forfeiture

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The writer, a Republican, represents Michigan’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Imagine you are driving down the highway on your way to buy a car. You spent months researching years, makes and models, and you finally found somebody who was selling the exact ride you were looking for at a reasonable price. Suddenly, […]

Government self-interest corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil

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You might be interested in: Police seized $10,000 of a couple’s cash. They couldn’t get it back — until they went public. | Policing for Profit Visualized: How Big Is Civil Forfeiture? (Institute for Justice) | Streamlining the Permitting Process for Data Center Development | Investigating CPD’s Use of Civil Asset Forfeiture | Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. […]

Asset Forfeitures:The Free Market and Property Rights

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As Cecilia Ibru goes to prison for bank fraud as a result of her plea bargain, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) prosecutors have shown that they can score victory in the prosecution of those who basically loot financial institutions. It provides an initial victory for the Lamido Sanusi led Central Bank of Nigeria […]

Stealing Is Wrong, Even When It’s The Government Doing It

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Stealing Is Wrong, Even When It’s The Government Doing It Daniel J. Mitchell Aug 23, 2011,11:32am EDT As a grumpy libertarian, I routinely get agitated about taxes, spending, and regulation. As far as I’m concerned, much of government is a racket that uses coercion to reward interest groups with unearned wealth. But there are degrees […]

A Judge Tells the FBI It Can’t Keep Millions in Loot Seized from a Beverly Hills Vault

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You might be interested in: Politician Victim of Civil Asset Forfeiture | Mergers & Acquisitions in Data Centers: Legal Due Diligence & Deal Structuring | Generative AI Demand Fuels Data Center Construction | Executive Branch Overreach — Civil Forfeiture Abuse | Serverless in Data Centers: Contractual, Security, and Scalability Considerations | Both parties in New Mexico and elsewhere see bad problems in good-intentioned civil forfeiture […]

Judge finds no rights violations in FBI seizure of Beverly Hills safe-deposit boxes

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You might also like: New Jersey Tightens Reins on Civil Asset Forfeiture | Colocation Mergers: Antitrust Laws and Market Competition for Data Centers | Civil Asset Forfeiture Still Abused by Florida Law Enforcement | Supreme Court Delivers Unanimous Victory for Asset Forfeiture Challenge | Why Cops Should Be Chasing the Bad Guys, Not the Big Bucks | How Law Enforcement Can Take Your Stuff | Great News: […]