DEA Seized $4 Billion From People Since 2007. Most Were Never Charged with a Crime

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DEA Seized $4 Billion From People Since 2007. Most Were Never Charged with a Crime
A new government watchdog report finds the DEA grabs cash just for the sake of grabbing cash, raising civil liberties concerns.

C.J. Ciaramella|Mar. 29, 2017 3:20 pm

Yuko Saito-Miller/ZUMAPRESS/NewscomYuko Saito-Miller/ZUMAPRESS/NewscomThe Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than $4 billion in cash from people suspected of drug activity over the last decade, but $3.2 billion of those seizures were never connected to any criminal charges.

A report by the Justice Department Inspector General released Wednesday found that the DEA's gargantuan amount of cash seizures often didn't relate to any ongoing criminal investigations, and 82 percent of seizures it reviewed ended up being settled administratively—that is, without any judicial review—raising civil liberties concerns.

http://reason.com/blog/2017/03/29/the-dea-seized-4-billion-from-people-sin

[XenaLee]

Legalized theft by authority of "da law".  Great gig if you can get it.  And if you're dishonest enough to keep it.

Three little words....

get a rope

[Frank Cannon]

And yet no one will do anything about it because there is too much money at stake.

[corbe]

              How else would they buy the Equipment needed to control it's citizens.