United States v. $814,254.76, in U.S. Currency, Contents of Valley National Bank Account No. 1500-8339, Banamex, Claimant-Appellant

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a civil forfeiture of funds in an account owned by appellant Ban-co Nacional de Mexico (“Banamex”). The contents of the account were seized as funds connected to illegal money laundering, pursuant to the civil forfeiture statute, 18 U.S.C. § 981. The district court entered judgment in favor of the Government after trial. The parties agree that the forfeiture can only be upheld through the retrospective application of 18 U.S.C. § 984, which was passed in October of 1992 as part of the Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money-Laundering Act of 1992,…