B.C. seeks to beef up civil forfeiture laws GlobeBC
British Columbia MLA Mike Farnworth arrives to the Legislative Assembly Management Committee meeting at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Dec. 6, 2018.British Columbia plans to give the Civil Forfeiture Office more powers to seize assets it deems are the proceeds of crime as the public agency faces a continuing constitutional challenge.
Micheal Vonn, policy director for the BC Civil Liberties Association, said in an interview that her organization and other rights groups in the province were not consulted on this change, which she said will further tilt the civil forfeiture process in favour of the government at the expense of the rights of individuals.
As well, B.C. is proposing that the onus to prove a targeted asset is the proceeds of a crime be shifted onto the defendants, as long as the CFO “provides the court with sufficient evidence clearly linking the asset to organized crime, gang activity or drug trafficking,” according to the release.
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