You should research “motel caswell” in Tewksbury. It closed years ago and is now a retail strip but the government tried to take the property through civil forfeiture. There were 14 drug related arrests at the property during a time where he rented 200,000 rooms. I used to live up there and there was more drug activity at a McDonald’s down the street but the government didn’t go after that corporate property.

The owner ended up having to front $100,000 in legal fees before a non profit ended up taking the case. The judge ended up ruling in caswells favor after years of stress and money spent.

This is the problem with civil forfeiture because you need to prove your innocence against the government which has unlimited resources compared to a private citizen. The government just has to make an accusation.