The vast majority of all federal forfeitures are
administrative forfeitures, for the simple reason
that the vast majority of all forfeiture proceedings
are uncontested. Prior to the enactment of the
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000
(CAFRA), the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) estimated that 85 percent of forfeitures in
drug cases were uncontested. Since CAFRA,
which made it easier to contest a forfeiture action,
the number of uncontested DEA cases has
dropped to 80 percent. Other seizing agencies
report similar figures.