Unlike criminal forfeiture, where property is taken only after a criminal conviction, civil forfeiture allows law enforcement to take property from innocent people who have never been formally accused of a crime, let alone convicted of one. This flips the notion of due process on its head.
https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2019/06/asset-forfeiture-is-theft-an-overview-of-the-state-and-federal-programs/