[perl4ever]

"The problem is that this cash is essentially their entire savings. Which means their ability to fight the forfeiture is limited"

You're implying that people with reasonable documentation for the source of their cash can't just fill out some forms, but need to hire lawyers or something. Have you seen news articles or other sources describing such a situation?

[scott_s]

I think the problem is that poor people transferring money typically don't have such documentation on them. (As was the case in the situations I just googled, which are easy to find. For example: https://www.vox.com/2015/6/17/8792623/civil-forfeiture-charl...) Most such seizures are also tied up with "suspicion" of drug trafficking, which means it's no longer a matter of proving the money is yours. You must now prove the money is not involved in your supposed drug trafficking.

[perl4ever]

That article seems fairly clear that he didn't just withdraw money from a bank account, which is the situation I specifically mentioned.

I'm aware of stories like this, and I've read them before, but I wasn't asking for more. I used to donate to the IJ, in fact.