The war on drugs took off when police agencies got a new incentive to chase drug offenders: the ability to keep cash and vehicles seized in drug operations. Critics say asset forfeiture skews police priorities by giving them a monetary stake in the war on drugs. Read, Listen (Real Audio, 19:30 min)

The primary asset forfeiture pages of the US Department of Justice.

Online articles, from an attorney and author with expertise in RICO and forfeiture.

Includes information relating the prohibition of Bills of Attainder to asset forfeiture. (May 12, 2000)

A study of asset forfeiture by the Macinac Center, which concludes nine specific reforms are necessary to reduce the unfairness and abuses of the present system. (January 01, 1998)

Excerpt from book about how police can seize you home, car and business without a trial and how to protect yourself, by Brenda Grantland. (June 01, 1993)