Sex As Sickness

October, 2008

Montgomery county, texas-It has become routine for police authorities to seize cash and other assets from suspected drug traffickers and money launderers without establishing guilt or tying the money to the suspected crimes. The policy—obviously wrong from the start— is lately attracting attention after a se­ries of scandals prompted inquiries into where the assets end up. While federal seizures are put into a specific fund, state laws vary. In Texas it has emergedthat in one Mont­gomery County...