I think that $2.5 billion figure, which I’ve heard before, is the amount of cash and goods seized from Americans during the last twenty years or so, not Canadians. I believe the author of this piece has it wrong.
I heard Florida has rated a “D” on Asset Forfeiture.
Maine rates an A-, because police departments and sheriff’s departments in Maine are not allowed to keep any money they seize.
All confiscated money goes into the state’s general fund, and it’s not that easy for the authorities to confiscate the assets in the first place.
I know some counties in Texas made out good on asset forfeiture.