In Nigeria’s long and difficult battle against corruption, one legal tool has quietly but steadily grown into one of the most powerful weapons in the hands of anti-graft agencies – asset forfeiture.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of a United Kingdom property linked to former Minister of the Federal Capital ...

Cole County law enforcement authorities seized more than $100,000 worth of property in 2025, according to reports from the Missouri State Auditor's Office. Both the Jefferson City Police Department ...

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HONOLULU (KHON2) — On March 9, 2026, the federal government announced it moved for leave to amend its civil forfeiture complaint regarding Michael J. Miske, a crime boss convicted in July 2024.

The Department of Justice filed two civil forfeiture complaints today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against more than $15.3 million allegedly used to fund an illicit Iranian ...

HAMDEN — The town’s police chief said his department-issued Chevrolet Tahoe, which was purchased last year, was procured through federal civil asset forfeiture funds and not local taxpayer dollars. In ...

Steve Forbes lays out why civil asset forfeiture should be abolished or, at minimum, require what justice has always demanded: conviction first. Civil asset forfeiture—the legal practice of allowing ...

PHOENIX — A total of $6,550,729 in stolen taxpayer money has been secured through a civil asset forfeiture action, according to Arizona prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of ...

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn from the two cases the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed against former Attorney-General of the Federation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The RICO trial of rapper Young Thug got underway this year. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images) The final chapter of the ...