system
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human
ELI5: What happens to the money bad guys made when they go to jail?

What happens to the profits of stuff like human trafficking and drug manufacturing when the criminals go to jail? You can’t exactly return it to its owners like a robbery, right?
gpt
If it's a big time operation they usually have their money in overseas accounts in countries with strong privacy laws like Switzerland or the Cayman Islands. Otherwise, if it's proven that it was gained illegally, the government siezes it. If the government wants it badly enough they use civil asset forfeiture to get it.