NCJ Number
119255
Date Published
1988
Length
72 pages
Annotation
This chapter identifies Federal legislation authorizing criminal forfeiture and details Federal forfeiture proceedings.
Abstract
Under the Federal Comprehensive Crime Control Act (CCCA), Federal criminals must forfeit the collateral profits of their crimes and the forfeited proceeds are used to aid crime victims. Additionally, the CCCA amended forfeiture provisions in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, and these are explained in detail, as are three major changes in drug forfeiture provisions authorized through the CCCA. The CCCA also created the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. Civil and criminal forfeitures are deposited in the fund and used to pay the government's expenses in achieving forfeitures. The CCCA also made technical amendments to customs forfeiture laws, creating a customs forfeiture fund and authorized criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings in child pornography cases. In 1986, Congress amended the Criminal Forfeitures Act (enacted through CCCA), identifying assets forfeiture under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and adding a new area of forfeiture under the Money Laundering Control Act. 502 footnotes.