Unlike criminal forfeiture, where property is taken after its owner has been found guilty in a court of law, with civil forfeiture, owners need not be charged with or convicted of a crime to lose homes, cars, cash or other property.
If the three suspects are convicted the proceeds will be used "to continue with the combating of crime", Col Naidoo said.
Under U.S. law, companies convicted of certain criminal acts can be debarred from contracting with the federal government.
Bary, for one, could be sentenced to 269 mandatory life sentences if convicted on murder charges tied with the blasts.
It said the "flaws" with the civil court orders were most acute with foreign travel orders under which convicted paedophiles can be banned from going abroad for up to five years.
As with Faneuil, the government will go into court with case law supporting the notion that a defendant can be convicted solely on the basis of testimony even by a convicted felon--if the jury deems it credible.
It is unclear if Assange could be charged with treason in the United States or what sentence he'd face if convicted.
However, even if the investigation is considered a success, with many people convicted and jailed, and three acquitted, there may still be wide-ranging ramifications for the French authorities.
It added that players would continue to be considered for England while police investigations were on-going, with their situation looked at on a case-by-case basis were they to be convicted of a serious criminal offence.
At the Thursday session, Parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani read a letter from Sunni parliament members saying they will go along with the agreement if their demands are met for releasing those Sunni detainees who have yet to be convicted of crimes.
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