Author: Jason Wapiennik

CBP cash seizure trends change over the years. For example, a recent money seizure at Dulles Airport tells me that…

On May 10, 2016, CBP seized $79,000 of bulk cash that smuggled beneath the rear seats of a Honda SUV…

The requirement to report cash to Customs applies not only to U.S. currency, but also to foreign currency (among other…

Not every cash seizure made by U.S. Customs & Border Protection involves a traveler (or a drug mule) carrying cash…

In the context of negotiation to get some of my client’s seized cash returned from CBP, I once had a…

A Virginia man had money seized by CBP near Washington, D.C., last week when CBP officers seized $38,872 worth of…

Back in September of 2015, $14,080 in cash was seized at Boston Logan Airport (BOS – port code 0417) by…

Another day, another currency seizure by U.S. Customs & Border Protection at this nation’s border crossing and airports from an…

Here is today’s excerpt from Detroit CBP’s posting on forfeiture.gov — $15,000 seized for failure to failure to report at…

Recently, CBP Dulles seized almost $47,000 from a man leaving the United States for Ghana at Dulles airport. The reason…

When CBP seizes money it is subject to forfeiture. Typically, CBP sends a letter notifying all interested persons that the…

Over $150,000 in cash was taken by CBP officers in Hidalgo, Texas, recently, when a 33 year old U.S. citizen…

CBP tweeted the other day about cash seized by CBP in 2015, and drug seizures. On “a typical day,” CPP…

Here’s a great video from a local news station in the Rio Grand Valley about some of the more interesting…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection amended their regulations concerning intellectual property, trademark, and copyright to give importers a greater opportunity…

Were you forced to abandon cash to Customs (CBP) after it was seized? Occasionally I get called by someone who…

Late last year, we wrote about Chinese nationals taking their cash out of the country by the suitcase. A suitcase…

CBP operates on a fiscal year that runs from October 1 to September 30. For fiscal year 2015, CBP in…

A March 2016 cash seizure at the Interstate 35 Border Patrol checkpoint in Laredo, Texas illustrates a scenario that customs…

CBP seized cash from a Mexican heading back into Mexico on March 2. The cash was hidden in a cooler…

Detroit Customs seized cash from 540 travelers in fiscal year 2015 and racked up a second-best-in-the-nation finish for total amount…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) seized cash from travelers in lower numbers in 2015 compared to 2014. In its…

Here is another story about cash seized by CBP. In this case, the amount seized is almost $150,000. CBP made…

On February 12, there was an unusual cash seizure at Detroit Metro Airport. U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) seized…

Last year, we reported that CBP at the port of Buffalo “seized $267,323 in a total of 22 currency seizures”. …