Money laundering. One of the most
powerful and most popular forfeiture statutes
is the one that permits the forfeiture of all
property involved in a money laundering
offense. If someone launders the proceeds of
a drug offense, or a corruption offense, by
commingling the money with clean money
from another source, or by investing it in land
or in a business, it is often possible for the
government to forfeit all of the property
involved in the offense—not just the proceeds
being laundered—under 18 U.S.C.
§§ 981(a)(1)(A) (civil forfeiture) and
982(a)(1) (criminal forfeiture).