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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…

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…