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On June 4, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Senate Bill 6990 into law, making significant changes to the state’s asset seizure and forfeiture statutes by expressly including virtual currency and digital wallets as...more
In January 2018, UK law enforcement agencies were granted new powers to pursue the forfeiture of assets. Unexplained wealth orders ("UWOs") initially grabbed the media's attention, but the relative ease with which UK law...more
The UK Government kicked off the New Year with a reminder that tackling economic crime remains top of its agenda. The Home Secretary and Chancellor announced last week that they will chair the new "Economic Crime Strategic...more
Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the United States Department of Department ("DOJ") is returning to its past practice of aggressively pursuing asset forfeiture cases and sharing the proceeds of those...more
On December 21, 2015 the United States Department of Justice suspended the Equitable Sharing Program in which state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies can obtain a portion of the assets they have seized (either as...more
Christmas came early to state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in the United States; and it came in the form of a lump of coal. On December 21, 2015, Kendall Day, Chief of the U.S. Justice Department’s Asset...more
“Equitable Sharing” sounds so reasonable. Who could argue with it? Here’s what it is, and what it does: The Justice Department’s Equitable Sharing program allows federal law enforcement agencies to “adopt” seizures of...more