Accordingly, prosecutors like to use the
money laundering forfeiture statute because it
eliminates the need, in most cases, to
distinguish between the portion of the
property traceable to the underlying offense
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and the portion derived from other sources.
See also Stefan D. Cassella, The Forfeiture of
Property Involved in Money Laundering
Offenses, 7 BUFF. CRIM. L. REV. 582 (2004).