However, they can still seize property and never arrest anyone.
I was going to ask about that. They can’t argue that comports with the Fourth Amendment with a straight face.
True. And many if not most Asset Forfeiture cases center on drugs. Cops stop a drug runner. They confiscate his cash and car. They set a trial date, but the illegal never shows.
Alternatively, a drug lord may lose his home if convicted and proof is made that he bought said home from the profit of illegal drugs.
Not all Asset Forfeiture cases are evil.