Report: Feds have confiscated $2 billion from travelers

A new study reveals that between 2000 and 2016 the federal government, through its Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection agencies, confiscated some $2 billion in cash from travelers.

Only a tiny fraction eventually was linked to any allegation of criminal activity.

The study by the Institute for Justice is part of its battle against civil forfeiture processes in the United States that allow government agents to take cash away from citizens.

Sometimes, eventually, they are forced to give it back.

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