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Most people think of currency seizures as something that happens at airports — a traveler gets pulled aside at the…

It is the most common thing we hear from clients in the first phone call after a currency seizure: “I…

Why CBP Claim Default Is the Worst Outcome in a Cash Seizure Case Every year, a significant percentage of people…

If you have received a Notice of Seizure from CBP and started researching your options, you have probably encountered the…

Scan through years of CBP press releases from Dulles, JFK, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and a pattern emerges quickly. The destinations…

The CBP Form 29 — the Notice of Action — looks like a single form, but it is functionally two…

A CBP Form 28 — officially the Request for Information — is one of the most consequential pieces of mail…

If you look at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release archive for Washington Dulles International Airport going back…

Cash seizures by law enforcement are a window into the scale of global criminal enterprise. The amounts involved in the…

Washington Dulles International Airport is the most active currency enforcement airport on the East Coast outside of New York and…

Philadelphia International Airport handles significant direct international traffic from the Caribbean, West Africa, Europe, and Latin America — and CBP…

Chicago O’Hare International Airport is one of the busiest international airports in the United States and handles significant direct traffic…

The Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas port cluster in the Rio Grande Valley is one of the most active currency enforcement locations on the…

Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport handles significant direct international traffic from the Caribbean, West Africa, the United Kingdom, and…

Los Angeles is one of the most active currency enforcement regions in the United States. Los Angeles International Airport handles…

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport handles significant direct traffic from East Africa — particularly Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya — as well…

Houston is one of the most active currency enforcement regions in the United States — a designation driven by its…

San Francisco International Airport is a primary gateway for Asia-Pacific traffic and handles more direct flights from mainland China than…

Newark Liberty International Airport is one of the three major airports serving the New York metropolitan area and handles significant…

Buffalo, New York is the most active currency enforcement port on the northern U.S.-Canada border. The Peace Bridge and Rainbow…

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world by total passenger volume and one of the most…

Boston Logan International Airport handles significant direct international traffic from Europe, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, and CBP maintains…

The Tucson Field Office covers the Nogales crossings — the primary land border between southern Arizona and the Mexican state…

El Paso consistently ranks sixth nationally for CBP currency seizure volume — and in fiscal year 2025 alone, the El…

Laredo, Texas is the second-highest currency enforcement port in the United States — and by some measures, the most intense…