A Federal High Court in, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of 2,041,087,747 units of shares in Livingtrust Mortgage Bank Plc (formerly Omoluabi Mortgage Bank Plc), valued at N6,674,356,932.69.

DES MOINES - A law giving Iowans more protection from having their assets seized by law enforcement was signed into law by Gov. Terry Branstad Tuesday. Senate File 446, which was approved 49-0 in the ...

New Jersey became the latest state to protect individuals from civil forfeiture, which lets police and prosecutors confiscate property without ever having to charge someone with a crime. Signed by Gov ...

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun in a judgment on the motion for final forfeiture of the sums, held that there were conflicting affidavit evidences, which can be best resolved if respective parties are ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – A Horry County circuit judge has ruled South Carolina’s civil forfeiture laws violate the prohibition on excessive fines found in the Eighth Amendment, while also violating ...

Rochester, New York, resident Cristal Starling was diligently saving money to turn her hot dog stand into a full-fledged food truck business when local police raided her home and confiscated her ...

DES MOINES - There were few areas of consensus during a two-hour presentation by law enforcement and civil libertarians on Iowa's civil asset forfeiture law. However, based on those areas of agreement ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A prosecutor is appealing to the South Carolina Supreme Court a lower court’s ruling that the state’s forfeiture laws are not legal. Last year, Circuit Judge Steven John ruled ...