The Forfeiture Unit litigates civil forfeiture cases for the Criminal Division and, in appropriate cases, in partnership with United States Attorneys' Offices. It also provides support to the Division in cases involving significant or complex criminal forfeiture allegations. The Unit also serves as the Division's experts on domestic forfeiture and, in this role, provides advice to other Division attorneys and United States Attorneys' Offices.

The International Unit is comprised of two teams. The International Assistance Team assists U.S. prosecutors in the restraint and forfeiture of assets located abroad, litigates in U.S. courts to assist foreign governments seeking restraint and forfeiture of assets in the United States, and authorizes certain actions to forfeit funds held in correspondent accounts. The International Assistance Team also represents the Department in multilateral organizations to raise international standards for combating financial crime and provides technical assistance to foreign governments on legislation, mutual legal assistance, and best practices in anti-money laundering and forfeiture. The Kleptocracy Team is responsible for implementing the Department's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative through investigation and litigation to recover the proceeds of foreign official corruption.

The Money Laundering and Bank Integrity Unit investigates and prosecutes complex, multi-district, and international criminal cases involving financial institutions and individuals who violate the money laundering statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act, and other related statutes. The Unit's prosecutions generally focus on three types of violators: financial institutions, including their officers, managers, and employees, whose actions threaten the integrity of the individual institution or the wider financial system; professional money launderers and gatekeepers who provide their services to serious criminal organizations, e.g., Mexican drug cartels; and individuals and entities engaged in using the latest and most sophisticated money laundering techniques and tools.

The Policy and Training Unit is comprised of two teams. The Policy Team conducts outreach to USAOs and other components to identify policy issues. They advocate for policy, regulatory, and legislative changes, and develop and implement strategic initiatives to promote the use of forfeiture and money laundering as a fundamental law enforcement tool. They also handle a variety of policy issues involving victims, equitable sharing, real property, intellectual property, and emerging technologies. The Training Team publishes model curriculum for USAOs; offers seminars, conferences, and other training in relevant topic areas; and develops the Section's publications.

Program Operations Unit is responsible for all Remission, Restorations, Adoptions, Real Property transfers, large dollar sharing requests, Sharing program oversight/compliance and assistance in business enterprise/complex asset seizures and forfeitures. Program Operations is also responsible for incoming and outgoing funds control over seized and forfeited proceeds, Claims Administration in large victim pool cases and international asset recovery support to agents, prosecutors and the AFMLS International Unit.