What is the test for forfeiture of proceeds of a drug crime?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Approximately $14,985.00 in U.S. Currency, CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00470-LJO-SMS, Doc. 23 (E.D. Cal. 2011):
The government need not show a relationship between the proceeds of a drug crime and a specific drug transaction: Circumstantial evidence may support the forfeiture of the proceeds of a drug crime. See United States v. Funds in the Amount of Thirty Thousand Six Hundred Seventy
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