A federal court ruled for the first time late Tuesday that the government cannot freeze an organization’s assets under a terror financing law without obtaining a warrant based upon probable cause. The court also found that the government must give the organization notice of the basis for freezing its assets and a meaningful opportunity to defend itself.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) froze KindHearts’ assets three-and-a-half years ago without a warrant, notice or a hearing, based simply on the assertion that OFAC was investigating whether the charity should be designated as a “specially designated global terrorist (SDGT).”
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