Justice Management Division...Serving Justice - Securing Results
Program Mission & Staff Responsibilities
The
Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program is a nationwide law enforcement
program that operates as an effective and powerful strategy in the fight against
crime. The principal mission of the Program is to disrupt and dismantle criminal
organizations by depriving them of the use of the economic proceeds of their crime
and of assets used to facilitate their crime. Federal employees, contract personnel,
and foreign, state and local law enforcement officials work cooperatively in investigating
and prosecuting cases involving asset seizure and forfeiture to support the Program's
mission. See the Asset Forfeiture
Program homepage for additional information.
The AFMS has responsibility
for the administrative management functions of the Asset Forfeiture Program in
the Department of Justice. These functions consist of management of the Department's
Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF),
including interpretation of the AFF statute; management of both internal and external
budget processes regarding AFF monies, managing investment of AFF and Seized Assets
Deposit Fund (SADF) surplus balances; management and operation
of the Consolidated Asset Tracking System (CATS);
ensuring the consistency and accuracy of the CATS database (DQT)
development: administration and oversight of asset forfeiture program-wide contracts;
review, audit, and evaluation of asset forfeiture program activities; identification
of program weaknesses and development, monitoring, and review of appropriate internal
controls; and analysis of legislative, policy, and regulatory proposals that may
affect the financial integrity of the Asset Forfeiture Program.
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