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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp011j92gb618| Title: | Jetway robbery? Homeland security and cash seizures at airports |
| Contributors: | McDonald, Jennifer |
| Keywords: | Forfeiture—United States Searches and seizures—United States Airports—Security measures—United States Police corruption—United States Police-community relations—United States United States. Department of Homeland Security—Corrupt practices |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2020 |
| Publisher: | Institute for Justice |
| Place of Publication: | Arlington, Va. |
| Description: | Across the country, law enforcement agencies routinely seize currency from individuals using civil forfeiture—a legal process that allows agencies to take and keep property without ever charging owners with a crime, let alone securing a conviction. Studies examining civil forfeiture have found it to be a multibillion-dollar industry that punishes people without proving they have done anything wrong. This study is the first to examine how U.S. Department of Homeland Security agencies—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Secret Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard—use civil forfeiture to take and keep currency from often unsuspecting travelers at airports across the country. DHS agencies are just a few of the many government agencies that conduct airport seizures, but newly available data give fresh insight into their activity. This study, covering 2000 through 2016, quantifies just how often DHS agencies have seized currency at airports—and just how much currency has flowed into the federal government’s coffers as a result. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp011j92gb618 |
| Related resource: | https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Jetway-Robbery-July-2020-WEB-FINAL.pdf |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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