Articles
Criminal Forfeiture Procedure in 2008: A Survey of Developments in the Case Law, Criminal Law Bulletin (2008)
This is an annual survey of the federal case law relating to criminal forfeiture procedure....
The Case for Civil Forfeiture: Why In Rem Proceedings are an Essential Tool for Recovering the Proceeds of Crime, Journal of Money Laundering Control (2008)
The article, currently in draft form but accepted for publication, outlines the reasons why a...
Criminal Forfeiture Procedure in 2007: A Survey of Developments in the Case Law, Criminal Law Bulletin (2007)
This article is one in a series of annual updates on the rapidly expanding area...
Using the Forfeiture Laws to Protect Archaeological Resources, Idaho Law Review (2007)
The article summarizes asset forfeiture law for the non-expert and describes how the law may...
Criminal Forfeiture Procedure in 2006: A Survey of Developments in the Case Law, Criminal Law Bulletin (2006)
This article is one in series of annual surveys of the case law regarding criminal...
Recovering the Proceeds of Crime from the Correspondent Account of a Foreign Bank, Journal of Money Laundering Control (2006)
This article discusses the provisions, purposes and legislative history of 18 U.S.C. 981(k), a provision...
Criminal Forfeiture Procedure: An Analysis of Developments in the Law Regarding the Inclusion of a Forfeiture Judgment in the Sentence Imposed in a Criminal Case, American Journal of Criminal Law (2004)
The article surveys the developments in the case law regarding criminal forfeiture procedure in 2003-04.
Bulk Cash Smuggling and the Globalization of Crime, Berkeley Journal of International Law (2004)
The articles discusses the legislative history of the bulk cash smuggling statute, 31 U.S.C. 5332,...
Overview of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, South African Journal of Criminal Justice (2004)
This article is intended to give the foreign reader, or a reader unfamiliar with the...
Terrorism and the Financial Sector: Are the Right Prosecutorial Tools Being Used?, Journal of Money Laundering Control (2004)
The article suggests that the statutes enacted to deal specifically with terrorist financing are not...
The Forfeiture of Property Involved in Money Laundering Offenses, Buffalo Criminal Law Review (2004)
The article discusses in detail the legal theories that the government uses to forfeit property...
Application of 18 USC 1960 to Informal Money Service Businesses, Criminal Law Bulletin (2003)
The article proposes that 18 USC 1960, a criminal statute that criminalizes the unlicensed operation...
Provisions of the USA Patriot Act Relating to Asset Forfeiture in Transnational Cases, Journal of Financial Crime (2003)
The article outlines the provisions of the USA Patriot Act that enhance the power of...
Reverse Money Laundering, Journal of Money Laundering Control (2003)
The author discusses the need to enhance the existing money laundering statutes so that they...
Forfeiture of Terrorist Assets Under the USA Patriot Act of 2001, Law and Policy in International Business (2002)
This short article discusses the provision that were included in the USA Patriot to enhance...
The Recovery of Criminal Proceeds Generated in One Nation and Found in Another, Journal of Financial Crime (2002)
This article discusses the difficulties governments face in dealing with criminals who move the proceeds...
Money Laundering Has Gone Global, The Federal Lawyer (2002)
The article, written in layman's terms, lists the enhancements that Congress needs to make to...
The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000: Expanded Government Forfeiture Authority and Strict Deadlines, Journal of Legislation (2001)
This article discusses the legislative history of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA) and...
The Uniform Innocent Owner Defense to Civil Asset Forfeiture, Kentucky Law Journal (2001)
This article discusses in detail the innocent owner defense to civil asset forfeiture actions, 18...
Does Apprendi v. New Jersey Change the Standard of Proof in Criminal Forfeiture Cases?, Kentucky Law Journal (2000)
The article, written shortly after the Supreme Court decided Apprendi v. New Jersey, sets forth...
Third Party Rights in Criminal Forfeiture Cases, Criminal Law Bulletin (1996)
This article discusses the statutory procedures and the case law regarding the adjudication of the...
Books
Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States (2006)
Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, collects in one place all of the law...
Contributions to Books
The Development of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States, Acta Juridica (2003)
This chapter, written for a foreign audience unfamiliar with U.S. constitutional law, traces the history...
Presentations
Santos and Cuellar: The U.S. Supreme Court Limits the Government's Ability to Prosecute Transnational Crime Under the Money Laundering Statutes, Twenty-sixth Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime (2008)
These are the lecture notes from a presentation on the impact of the Supreme Court's...