2nd Circuit Finds Broad 'Fugitive' Definition for Civil Forfeiture <http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1085069401076>

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<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1085069401076>A law that prevents criminal fugitives from contesting the civil forfeiture of their assets applies to people who have never been in the United States but know entry into the country will lead to their arrest, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Taking its first look at a provision of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000, the circuit said the statute makes it clear that disentitlement "extends beyond common-law fugitives."

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