[heresie-dabord]

Here are estimates of the value of Bitcoin currently held (mostly via seizure) by the US government:

https://www.theblock.co/post/374636/the-daily-us-government-...

https://www.mexc.com/learn/article/how-much-bitcoin-does-the...

[chistev]

How can you seize it without the private keys? Do they force it out of the people involved?

[jqpabc123]

Do they force it out of the people involved?

Yes, in a manner of speaking.

Government has lots of coercive tools at it's disposable. For example, search warrants and incarceration.

If you refuse to hand over your keys, government can easily nullify you or your relatives ability to make use of them and make your life really bad in the meantime.

Keepjng money from government is yet another crypto myth that doesn't hold up very well in many cases.

[crazygringo]

You find the private keys wherever the owners stored them.