Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States 2nd Edition is a completely revised and up-to-date treatise that addresses important changes and significant developments in civil and criminal forfeiture law. Every chapter has been rewritten as a result of the explosive growth in this area of law and practice. This comprehensive one-volume resource examines and explores the outpouring of new case law stemming from federal law enforcement agencies that include the FBI, DEA, IRS and Homeland Security. These agencies initiate tens of thousands of administrative forfeiture cases every year and the second edition continues to lead the practitioner, prosecutor, judge and policy maker through the labyrinth of statues, rules and cases that govern this dynamic area of the law. Many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as Australia and the Americas, have enacted asset forfeiture statutes modeled on U.S. law, making the cases interpreting the statutes relevant beyond the borders of the United States. In addition, this updated publication explains the changes in detail to the civil forfeiture procedure with reference to Supplemental Rule G of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the applicable case law. As with the first edition, Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States 2nd Edition serves as both a primer on forfeiture law for the newcomer to this area, as well as a handy resource for anyone needing a comprehensive discussion of any of the recurring and evolving forfeiture issues that arise daily in federal practice.

Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States - Second Edition

Stefan D. Cassella

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Federal Money Laundering: Crimes and Forfeitures, Second Edition provides an in-depth analysis of the federal money laundering statutes and related asset forfeiture provisions, annotated with citations to the leading judicial decisions on the elements of each offense. It is designed to give the practitioner insight into the force and breadth of the money laundering and currency reporting offenses and related forfeitures, their application in a wide variety of factual situations, and the ways in which nuanced and controversial issues have been resolved by the courts. Comprehensive in scope, this one-volume treatise covers the money laundering statutes in title 18 of the U.S. Code, the currency reporting and bulk cash smuggling provisions in title 31, and the civil and criminal forfeiture provisions that apply to both sets of offenses. 
 The authors have been significantly involved in litigation related to money laundering and asset forfeiture for over 30 years. Each of them served as a federal prosecutor in the US Department of Justice and all have continued to participate in the litigation of money laundering cases and the development of the law in other capacities as authors, lecturers, attorneys in private practice, and in one case, as a federal judge. Their collaborations with other prosecutors, agents, defense attorneys, judges, academics, and legislators on investigations, prosecutions and legislative efforts allow them to bring the reader all the benefits of their experience to this always relevant area of law. 
 About the Author 
Stefan D. Cassella, as a federal prosecutor, was one of the federal government's leading experts on asset forfeiture and money laundering law for over thirty years. He now serves as an expert witness and consultant to law enforcement agencies and the private sector as the CEO of AssetForfeitureLaw, LLC. He was a Deputy Chief of the Justice Departments Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section and later served as Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore, Maryland, He litigated some of the US governments most significant forfeiture and money laundering cases and drafted many of the federal forfeiture and money laundering statutes. He is also the author of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, a one-volume resource designed to lead the practitioner, prosecutor, judge and policy maker through the labyrinth of statutes, rules and cases that govern this dynamic area of the law. He has written over 40 law review articles on money laundering and forfeiture and has trained state and federal prosecutors, agents and their counterparts in numerous foreign countries. He has given over 200 lectures at the National Advocacy Center at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Cassella also writes and publishes the Money Laundering and Forfeiture Digest, a monthly compendium of the forfeiture and money laundering cases decided by the federal courts, that is circulated among hundreds of state, federal and foreign prosecutors and lawyers, law enforcement agents, academics and policy makers in the U.S. and abroad. 
 B. Frederic Williams has been Of Counsel with James McElroy and Diehl of Charlotte, NC since late 2004, when he retired after 38 years as an attorney with several federal agencies. He is a former federal prosecutor in Charlotte and has held senior positions with the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of Inspector General. He also has worked extensively with United States Senators from each major political party. 
 Frank D. Whitney is the Chief US District Judge of the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. For nearly 11 years, Judge Whitney served as an Assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, where he acquired substantial trial experience--both criminal and civil. In 2002, he was elevated to the post of U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North

Federal Money Laundering: Crimes and Forfeitures - Second Edition

B. Frederic Williams

Frank D. Whitney

Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States – Third Edition, completely updated and virtually rewritten since the publication of the second edition in 2012. Written by one of the federal government's leading experts on asset forfeiture law for over thirty years, and co-author of the highly regarded companion text, Federal Money Laundering, the new Third Edition of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States offers a comprehensive discussion on the recurring and evolving forfeiture issues that arise daily in federal practice. The new edition covers the myriad developments in federal asset forfeiture law that have taken place over the past decade, particularly in light of the flood of key judicial decisions such as Kaley v. United States, Luis v. United States and United States v. Honeycutt. Every section is up to date. The citations to older cases reflect the most current authority, and new issues that have arisen over the past several years are addressed, such as: · The impact of Honeycutt on the ability of a court to hold criminal defendants jointly and severally liable for the forfeiture of the proceeds of a crime that they committed in concert with each other; · The government’s ability to seize and restrain assets pre-trial and the rights of defendants and third parties to contest those actions in a prompt post-seizure or post-restraint probable cause hearing; · The interplay of forfeiture and restitution and the courts’ resistance to allowing defendants to offset one against the other; · The conflicting case law on the forfeiture of the gross proceeds of an offense versus the forfeiture of the defendant’s net profits; · The rules subjecting civil and criminal forfeiture to the limitations of the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment; · The procedure for contesting standing in a civil forfeiture case, the use of special interrogatories to test the claimant’s standing, and the consequences of a claimant’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions regarding his relationship to the property; · The application of the Supreme Court’s decisions on the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury on the determination of what property is subject to forfeiture and the Government’s burden of proof. Altogether, the third edition of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, is a one-volume resource designed to lead practitioner, prosecutor, judge or policymaker through the labyrinth of statutes, rules and cases that govern this dynamic area of the law. It examines and explains in a concise, readable fashion the procedures that the government must follow in civil and criminal cases initiated by federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, DEA, ATF, IRS and Homeland Security; and discusses the defenses available to property owners -- giving its readers immediate entrée into the burgeoning body of jurisprudence in this ever-changing area of the law. Because many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as Australia and the Americas, have enacted asset forfeiture statutes modeled on U.S. law, the third edition’s explanation of the forfeiture law in the United States is relevant beyond the borders of the U.S. and is consulted by lawyers and governments worldwide.

Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States - Third Edition

Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, collects in one place all of the law on administrative, civil and criminal forfeiture procedure - including the changes made in 2006. This handy one volume treatise serves as resource to anyone needing a comprehensive discussion of any of the recurring and evolving forfeiture issues that arise daily in federal practice. Asset forfeiture has become a routine part of federal criminal law enforcement. The federal law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, the FBI, and the agencies of the Department of Homeland Security, initiate tens of thousands of administrative forfeiture cases every year, and federal prosecutors file civil and criminal forfeiture actions in federal courts in thousands of cases as well. Overall, in each of the last few fiscal years, the Government has confiscated over three-quarters of a billion dollars in criminally-derived property. This law enforcement activity has naturally generated a deluge of case law from the federal courts. New forfeiture cases are decided every week, making it difficult for the courts themselves, as well as practitioners, to keep current. Moreover, Congress is constantly amending the forfeiture laws and enacting new ones including a set of new forfeiture provisions included in the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act signed by the President in March 2006. Finally, in response to the explosion in forfeiture litigation, the Supreme Court has issued a new Supplemental Rule G of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure dealing exclusively with civil forfeiture that took effect on December 1, 2006.

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Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States - Second Edition

Federal Money Laundering: Crimes and Forfeitures - Second Edition

Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States - Third Edition

Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States