Sumário:Punishing the wrongdoer: Deterring others wrongdoers. Talking away the tools of the trade and the economic resources. Disrupting the organization. Returning money to the victims. Protecting the community. Recycling the money. Substantive requirements : what property is subject to forfeiture. Proceeds. Facilitating property -- Procedures and their safeguards: Who investigates the cases? What court do they go to? -- Criminal forfeiture procedure -- NCB forfeiture procedure. When does the government elect to use NBC forfeiture: When the property is seizes but the forfeiture is unopposed. When the wrongdoer is dead or is incompetent to stand trial. When the defendant is a fugitive or a foreign national beyond jurisdiction of the United States. When the statute of limitations has run on the criminal case. When tainted property has been recovered but law enforcement does not know who committed the crime giving rise to the forfeiture. When the defendant is convicted of a crime different fro the one giving rise to the forfeiture. When there is no federal criminal case. When tainted property has been recovered but law enforcement does not know who committed the crime giving rise to the forfeiture. When the defendadnt of a crime different from the one giving rise to the forfeiture. When there is no federal criminal case because the defendant has alredy been convicted in a state or foreign or tribal court. When there is no criminal case because the interests of justice do not require a conviction. When the evidents is insufficient to prove that the defendant committed the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. When the defendant uses someone else's property to commit the crime and that person is not an innocent owner. When the criminal investigation will take a long time, and there is a danger that the property will disappear -- Constitucional safeguards.