THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has applied to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court Division, to forfeit US$16,993.77 and K40,304.41 in two bank accounts domiciled at Indo Zambia Bank to the state. In an affidavit in support of the originating notice of motion for an application for a forfeiture order, DEC Chief Investigations Officer Hussein Khan stated that the commission seized the money in the two bank accounts on May 6, 2004. Khan stated that following the seizure, no one claimed the seized property, and it remained unclaimed for three months after placing adverts in the national newspaper and the government gazette. “On May 6, 2004, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) seized money suspected of being proceeds of...