It is reported that Sicilian mafia don Matteo Messina Denaro had assets equivalent to $5 billion taken away from him by the government. Most of that was not cash in bank accounts, but rather properties and businesses owned by people who he controlled.

DEA agent Hector Berrellez said that him and his team personally found Mexican cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero’s bank accounts in Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands totaling almost $1 billion and this was about 30-40 years ago.

These are massive dollar figures. Are there any other instances of such large amounts of money belonging to one person being confiscated or discovered by law enforcement? It appears that the cartel leaders had the most money in terms of cash.