 A once gilded tourist destination, Miami has turned into the number one hub of narcotics trafficking. Police have new tools to tackle narcotics. Civil asset forfeiture, allowing police to redirect seized property into financing its counter-narcotics operations. With Miami-Dade County averaging over 450 homicides a year in the early 80s, authorities claim that drug addiction is leading to more shootings, burglaries, and an epidemic of bank robberies.