Since the U.S. Patriot Act passed, several European Countries entered into Asset Forfeiture Sharing Agreements with the U.S. Just prior to 9-11 Rep. Henry Hyde’s bill HR 1658 passed, the “Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000” and effectively eliminated the “statue of limitations” for Government Civil Asset Forfeiture. The statute now runs five years from when U.S. police allege they “learned” an asset became subject to forfeiture. With such a weak statute of limitations and the low standard of civil proof needed for government to forfeit property “A civil preponderance of Evidence”, it is problematic INTERPOL working with U.S. law enforcement and private contractors will want access to foreign bank records, telecom/NSA and other government wiretaps perhaps illegal, to secure evidence to arrest Americans and Europeans and or civilly forfeit their homes, inheritances and businesses under Title 18USC and other laws.

Obama’s recently signed executive order EO 12425 now will allow U.S. police to circumvent the Fourth Amendment by working with INTERPOL in criminal and Civil investigations. Thanks to Obama, U.S. Police can now bring INTERPOL into a civil or criminal investigation to circumvent the Fourth Amendment to share in assets seized from Americans and Europeans. There are over 200 U.S. laws and violations mentioned in the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 and the Patriot Act that can subject property to civil asset forfeiture. Under federal civil forfeiture laws, a person or business need not be charged with a crime for government to forfeit their property.