Author: Jason Wapiennik

Recently, the Border Patrol part of U.S. Customs & Border Protection seized about $3 million from a pair of people…

In “Seizures of undeclared cash spike at Vancouver International Airport“, reporters for The Globe & Mail did a lot of…

Last weekend, CBP officers in Laredo, Texas seized more than $130,000 from two Mexican nationals who were leaving the United…

Evasion of anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders is a priority trade issue for U.S. Customs & Border Protection. Evasion…

Most CBP officers I’ve encountered ultimately act ethically, even if I occasionally disagree with an overly aggressive approach to certain…

Based on our sources, I have come to the belief that a good chunk of the notices of seizure and…

What happens when you’re going to Ghana and you don’t declare your cash to CBP? Your cash is a Goner!…

Press releases from CBP about cash seizures have been slow for the past several weeks, but there are still plenty…

Last Friday’s notice of seizure and intent to forfeit for U.S. Customs & Border Protection featured 3 currency seizures that…

In Philadelphia, CBP did what you might call a big, fat, greek cash seizure, when they seized $26,000 from a…

Most of the time when money is seized, it is for a failure to report currency a few related laws,…

Since opening our Chicago office to help people who have had cash seized at O’Hare Airport by CBP, enforcement news…

On July 8, CBP Detroit issued a notice of intent to forfeit $15,554 that was seized at Detroit Metropolitan Airport…

Back in June, CBP made a big bust of $145,000 in “unreported” currency that was concealed in a vehicle’s rear…

Earlier on July 2, CBP Detroit posted a notice of intent to forfeit $20,728 that was seized at Detroit Metropolitan…

Dulles strictly enforces the bulk cash smuggling and structuring guidelines (to my knowledge, not publicly available and not published in…

In our piece of responding to a customs money seizure and a petition for return of seized cash, we warn…

On May 10, someone at the land border between Detroit and Canada attempted to bring into or leave the country…

On Forbes the other day, I read an interesting article about prepaid debit cards getting seized.The story is about Oklahoma…

An interesting story about a seizure for meat (bologna/baloney) from Mexico presents an opportunity for me to talk about amending…

In March 2015, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (Customs) seized $8,188 USD and $4,901.52 of Taiwanese New Dollar cash from…

A cash seizure at O’Hare Airport in Chicago was recently published for administrative forfeiture by U.S. Customs & Border Protection.…

Detroit CBP seized a total $40,249 in back-to-back money seizures at Detroit airport on March 29, 2016 for failure to…

CBP in Philadelphia seized counterfeit traveler’s checks with a face value of $33,000 on May 25th, which were destined for…

I have always had a great respect for immigrants. Half of my my family – wife included – were either…