In the fourth quarter of 2008 the BAFE and UCREF, with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration assistance, began seizing properties in Haiti belonging to drug traffickers incarcerated in the United States for use or disposal by the GOH. In 2008, 18 properties valued at over 21 million dollars, including residences, businesses and bank accounts, were seized and forfeited to the GOH based on U.S. convi