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725 ILCS 175/2

(725 ILCS 175/2) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1652)

Sec. 2.

Legislative Declaration.

Narcotics racketeering is a far-reaching
and extremely profitable criminal enterprise. Racketeering schemes persist
despite the threat of prosecution and the actual prosecution and imprisonment
of individual participants because existing sanctions do not effectively
reach the money and other assets generated by such schemes. It is therefore
necessary to supplement existing sanctions by mandating forfeiture of money
and other assets generated by narcotics racketeering activities. Forfeiture
diminishes the financial incentives which encourage and sustain narcotics
racketeering, and secures for the People of the State of Illinois assets
to be used for enforcement of laws governing narcotics activity.

(Source: P.A. 82-940.)