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Oh, I agree - someone should do a study like that. ...but anecdotes don't prove anything. The process for reclaiming seized assets is well documented... http

• ceejayoz 6y ago
  Nothing in that link supports your assertion that just showing up typically suffices. > Victims often have "long legal struggles to get their money back".
  • koheripbal 6y ago
    The statistic in the article that 85% of seizures that are kept are the product of people not showing up to court, does indeed suggest that.
    • ceejayoz 6y ago
      85% of people not showing up for court does not mean that 85% of people would win immediately upon showing up. As my examples demonstrate, merely showing up can be the first step in a very lengthy and expensive process. If I go see a lawyer and they tell me "it'll take years, you'll get back only some of the money, and most of it will go to paying me", I'd skip court too.