Asset Forfeiture Office Report Still Overdue
- by Joseph V.A. Partansky, M.B.A., F.E.A.R. Chronicles, Vol. 2 No.
2 (July 1994)

The Annual Report of the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture
Program, 1993 has been overdue since Feb. 1. The annual reports to
Congress are required by law.  Free copies of completed reports are
available from Cary Copeland, Director/Chief Counsel, Executive
Office of Asset Forfeiture (EOAF), U.S. DOJ, 901 'E' Street NW,
Ste. 832, Wash., DC 20530; (202) 616-8000.

Also, the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund: Annual
Financial Statements Year Ended September 30, 1993 (OIG-94-048, 34
pages) is free from Jan Blanton, Director, Executive Office for
Asset Forfeiture, Dept. of Treasury, 999 'E' Street, NW, Rm. 231,
Wash., DC 20220; (202) 219-9762.

Free asset forfeiture related documents are also available from the
U.S. General Accounting Office, PO Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD
20884-6015; or phone (202) 512-6000 or fax at (301) 258-4066.  The
GAO list plus an appended supplement is available from the address
below.

The first title on G.A.O.'s  list of 24 documents is: Financial
Management: Customs' Accountability for Seized Property and Special
Operation Advances Was Weak, 11/22/93, (#AIMD-94-6)   The summary
of this "letter report" begins: "The U.S. Customs Service has not
adequately safeguarded millions of dollars in cash and luxury items
and tons of illegal drugs, leaving then vulnerable to theft and
misuse."

ÄJoseph V.A. Partansky, M.B.A.

Property Forfeiture Investigator & Policy Analyst

1406 Barbis Way

Concord, CA 94518

(510) 682-9957