[JimRed]

No forfeiture without a conviction. But how do you prevent the real criminals from disposing of all their assets, leaving nothing to seize after conviction?

[Oklahoma]

First you worry about following procedure and doing the right thing. The “real criminals” won’t have much left after the lawyers get through with them, anyway.

[NobleFree]

“But how do you prevent the real criminals from disposing of all their assets”

Freeze them - you don’t need civil forfeiture to do that.

[MileHi]

But how do you prevent the real criminals from disposing of all their assets, leaving nothing to seize after conviction?

Freeze them pending the outcome of a proper criminal trial. In most of these cases, they have nothing.