Autor: József KELEMEN

Publicat în: Journal Of Eastern European Criminal Law no. 1/2018

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Abstract: This article examines how the United States Congress has combated organized crime and attempted reducing the profitability of criminal offenses. One result of the legislation is the civil forfeiture which is based on the superstitious notion arose from the medieval that inanimate items have their own minds. Today, civil forfeiture is used to protect the public from assets involved in or derived from criminal activity. Civil forfeiture requires only probable cause in order to someone’s property may be seized, and the legal presumptions are all turned around. [vezi tot]