Seizures of property often cash grabs by provincial governments, report says…
Civil forfeiture: enabling thugs with weapons and badges to steal your stuff, if they have reasons. Or even if they don't. So they can give money to victims of crime. Or just keep it. Either way.
From the article:
A new report indicates the seizures — part of a system known as civil forfeiture — are often cash grabs for provincial governments, which have collected millions of dollars in assets as proceeds of crime. Civil forfeiture legislation exists in eight provinces.
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Ontario’s civil forfeiture system was given an F by the report. The province has distributed $21.2 million to victims to since 2003, according to the report, yet in 2013-14 alone, the province seized $22.9 million.
provinces.
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Another issue with civil forfeiture is that money from the proceedings goes to provincial governments and police services with little transparency, the report says.
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