Federal Judge Eviscerates Albuquerque’s ‘Asset Forfeiture’ Racket

“A federal judge has ruled that Albuquerque’s civil asset forfeiture program violated residents’ due process rights by forcing them to prove their innocence to retrieve their cars. Under civil forfeiture laws, police can seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the owner isn’t charged with a crime.”

Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/30/federal-judge-rules-albuquerques-asset-f

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Canadian family’s $500K inheritance seized by U.S. border officials

“U.S. border officials won’t release the money, deeming it ‘counterfeit.'”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bank-drafts-seized-us-border-td-bank-customer-service-1.4749780

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US Expropriates, Imprisons Bitcoin Trader For Carrying Cash in a Trader Joe’s Sack

“The most telling thing about the entrapment prosecution is the sentencing memo, which blatantly lays out the feds’ fear and contempt for any attempt to keep a financial transaction private, whether or not anything inherently illegal is happening.”

Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/17/entrapment-prosecution-of-bitcoin-exchan

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Feds secretly rolling out real estate cash reporting rules to more states

“Officials no longer want to publicize what kind of transactions fall under the reporting requirement. They worry that making too much information public will give money launderers a road map to stay off the radar of regulators.”

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article213797269.html

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Keeping Cops’ Hands Out of Your Pockets

“Federal agencies seized over $5 billion in 2014, which was more than the amount of property burglarized that same year, $3.9 billion.”

Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/keeping-cops-hands-out-of-your-pockets/

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U.S. Secret Service Demands Congress Regulate Cryptocurrencies

“In a formal address to Congress, the U.S. Secret Service issued a stern warning regarding the illicit use of digital currencies that could have severe implications for possible future legislation.”

Read more: https://bitsonline.com/u-s-secret-service-to-congress-address-criminal-use-of-cryptocurrency-now/

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Senators Vote To Block Marijuana Banking Amendment

“A powerful U.S. Senate panel has moved to block an amendment to let marijuana businesses store their profits in banks.”

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/06/21/senators-vote-to-block-marijuana-banking-amendment/

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TSA and Border Patrol stole his life savings but never charged him with a crime

“The federal government took 13 years of his life savings.  But first they strip-searched Kazazi and interrogated the 64-year-old, covered with a towel, without a translator.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tsa-and-border-patrol-stole-his-life-savings-but-never-charged-him-with-a-crime

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Missouri Cops Ignore State Law, Divert School Funding To Themselves

“Police, with the help of the Trump Justice Department, are doing an end run around the state law requiring that money seized by state law enforcement agencies goes solely to the state’s schools.”

Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/may/23/missouri_cops_diverting_school_funds

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U.S. Customs seizes American nurse’s $42,000 earmarked for Nigerian clinic

“More than six months later, Customs and Border Protection still has not given back her money.  This, despite the fact that the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of Texas did not bring a civil asset forfeiture case against her or charge her with any crime.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/09/she-saved-thousands-to-open-a-medical-clinic-in-nigeria-u-s-customs-took-all-of-it-at-the-airport/

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