Now, the government rarely used civil forfeiture until the 1980s and the war on drugs.

现在，政府很少使用民事没收，直到 1980 年代和毒品战争。

Legislatures should abolish civil forfeiture and replace it with criminal forfeiture.

立法机关应废除民事没收，代之以刑事没收。

We expanded civil forfeiture law to cover drug crimes and then later, other types of crime.

我们扩大了民事没收法以涵盖毒品犯罪，然后是其他类型的犯罪。

(Laughter) They stand to lose a lot of money, and they believe civil forfeiture is an effective crime-fighting tool.

（笑声）他们会损失很多钱，他们相信民事没收是一种有效的打击犯罪的工具。

That's exactly what I said when I first learned about civil forfeiture while on a road trip with my wife.

这正是我在与妻子的公路旅行中第一次了解民事没收时所说的话。

But in civil forfeiture, no person is charged with a crime -- the property is charged and convicted of a crime.

但在民事没收中，没有人被指控犯罪——财产被指控并被定罪。

Of course, the government could've simply taken and kept the booty without necessarily using civil forfeiture, but doing so would have violated our most basic due process and property rights.

当然，政府可以简单地拿走并保留战利品，而不必使用民事没收，但这样做会侵犯我们最基本的正当程序和财产权。

It's called " civil forfeiture." Most of you are generally aware of criminal forfeiture, although the term itself might be a little unfamiliar, so let's begin with forfeiture.

叫做“民事没收” 。 刑事没收大家应该都知道，虽然这个词本身可能有点陌生， 但还是先从没收说起吧。

The problem was the government often couldn't catch the pirates, so instead it used civil forfeiture to convict the pirates' property and take it, and therefore deny the pirates their illegal profits.

问题是政府往往捉不住海盗，转而采用民事没收的方式定罪海盗的财产并没收， 从而剥夺了海盗的非法利益。

Carol didn't commit any crime, so law enforcement couldn't convict her and take the car, but they could -- and did -- use civil forfeiture to " convict the car" and take it.

卡罗尔没有犯任何罪， 所以执法部门不能对她定罪并拿走这辆车，但他们可以——而且确实——使用民事没收来“定罪汽车” 并拿走它。