Of course, under the laws of asset forfeiture, carrying around large quantities of cash is a de facto crime in itself, even if you are not engaging in any crimi

Of course, under the laws of asset forfeiture, carrying around large quantities of cash is a de facto crime in itself, even if you are not engaging in any criminal activities with the money. (Radley Balko has written a number of good articles about it. Here are two of them: http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/26/the-forfeiture-racket http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/26/the-forfeiture-racket and http://www.slate.com/id/2243428. http://www.slate.com/id/2243428.)