Police don’t even know whose money it is, or where it came from. I think they should be able to keep it.

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    2 months ago

    Obviously we need a precedent setting ruling here. Personally I say we go 50/50, given the likely criminal link to the cash.

    Allowing the couple to keep 100% would open up a pathway to a new type of money laundering, and will enable drug money to be more easily passed on to others, either deliberately or by accident.

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      2 months ago

      Between income tax and sales tax when they spend it, the government will probably see half of it anyway.