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And in the US they got civil forfiture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...

> To get back the seized property, owners must prove it was not involved in criminal activity.

Some cases:

https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-2/grading-state-fe...

https://prosperityeconomics.org/stolen-savings-civil-forfeit...

> In 2015, Eric Holder ended the policy of "adoptive forfeiture", which occurred "when a state or local law enforcement agency seizes property pursuant to state law and requests that a federal agency take the seized asset and forfeit it under federal law" due to abuse.[21] Although states proceeded to curtail the powers of police to seize assets, actions by the Justice Department in July 2017 have sought to reinstate police seizure powers that simultaneously raise funding for federal agencies and local law enforcement.[22]

basically Obama got rid of it then Trump put it back then Biden didn't anything

Your first link says the IRS stopped doing forfeiture of bank accounts 9 years ago.

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