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Just the cost of doing business? Hundreds of B.C. criminals hit with repeat civil forfeiture lawsuits

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Civil Forfeiture Act was launched in 2006 as a tool to take ill-gotten assets from criminals.

Some are asking if the program has simply become another line item in the ledger for those in the drug trade, money laundering, and other illicit businesses.

Former police officer Kash Heed : Civil forfeiture law has not deterred the highest level of organized crime from operating here.

Lawsuits 1 , 2 and 3 all stemmed from police stops of convicted trafficker Jason Thomas Conrad in 2018 .

Conrad was first named in 2010 civil forfeiture lawsuit after police found $ 13,170 in his home.

Conrad also had several cellphones, more than two kilograms of cocaine, and an electric-shock baton.

In August 2023 , Conrad was named as a defendant in his fifth case.

Jin was a target in B.C. ’s biggest money laundering probe, called E-Pirate .

He and his wife allegedly brought suitcases, boxes and bags filled with illicit cash to underground bank.

Yet he has not faced criminal charges after two major police investigations over the past decade .

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