Seizure and forfeitures are especially common in connection with federal investigations into money laundering and organized crime, especially racketeering and drug conspiracies. Many of the relevant criminal laws—especially racketeering—contain their own criminal forfeiture provisions, those laws only come into effect following a criminal conviction. While criminal forfeitures may have much broader scope and potentially reach more property, they place a higher burden of proof on the government than civil forfeiture.