Jeff Sessions says new asset forfeiture rules coming this week

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said the Department of Justice will roll out a new policy this week that will make it easier to seize the property of drug traffickers.

“[W]e hope to issue this week a new directive on asset forfeiture, especially for drug traffickers,” Sessions said in remarks to the National District Attorneys Association on Monday.

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