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The South Carolina Smugglers Who Gamed Civil Forfeiture
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During Reagan's war on drugs, an attorney named Henry McMaster led a federal drug task force in South Carolina that used civil forfeiture laws to combat drug smugglers, targeting assets like homes, cars, and boats. Jason Ryan's nonfiction book explores the world of Southern pot smugglers who lived at the crossroads of Miami Vice and a Jimmy Buffett song.

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