1.   With tight defence budgets, Trinidad is trying to change the law to make use of seized assets a priority.

2.   After each defendant is sentenced, the U.S. District Court in Tampa will order seized assets sold and proceeds distributed, Schmidt said.

3.   France did make a major effort to restore seized assets after the war, but then swept the loose ends under the carpet and mostly forgot about them.

4.   In cases where Canadian investigative work has assisted the U.S. authorities in apprehensions and convictions, the United States already shares the proceeds of seized assets with Canada.

5.   The target is the seized assets division of the U.S. Marshals Service.

6.   The U.S. Marshals Service provides federal courthouse security, transports prisoners, pursues fugitives, manages seized assets and protects endangered witnesses.

7.   U.S. law permits the sharing of seized assets with participating state and local law enforcement agencies.

8.   In many cases, he said, seized assets had to be returned after their owners mounted legal challenges.

9.   Last Wednesday, Fernande Bodner and Anna Zajdenberg filed suit in Brooklyn federal court seeking to obtain seized assets as well as unspecified damages.

10.   Now, the Dutch government and others that profited from the seized assets have negotiated restitution settlements with Jewish representatives.