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Customs penalties for fraud, negligence, and gross negligence under 19 USC § 1592
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (“Customs”) enforces its laws through the imposition of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. This article looks…
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CBP seizes $460,060 in unreported currency
The Laredo Sun reports on a recent currency seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Laredo, Texas, from a…
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Customs seizes $25,000 currency in El Paso, Texas
The El Paso Times reports on a recent currency seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in El Paso, Texas,…
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Responding to a Customs currency seizure
If you have had cash seized by customs and are contemplating what to do next, please inform yourself on the…
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Customs’ seizes T-Rex skull in Jackson, Wyoming as part of ongoing investigation
According to this news report, and this one, Customs in Jackson, Wyoming, exercised a federal warrant to seize the skull…
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Structuring currency imports and exports
The law concerning reporting transportation of more than $10,000 in currency and/or monetary instruments coming into or out of the…
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Seizure for bulk cash smuggling into or out of the U.S.
Many posts in this series have dealt with how and why Customs will seize currency and monetary instruments crossing the border…
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Is only cash currency subject to seizure by Customs?
Sometimes the failure to file the required report with Customs leading to a currency seizure arises because there is a…
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Penalties for monetary reporting violations
Is it a crime to transport more than $10,000 without reporting it? Yes, it is a crime to transport more…
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Under what circumstances is filing a report with Customs for transporting more than $10,000 required?
Title 31 of the U.S. Code, § 5316, is the law requiring that a report be filed when leaving or departing the…
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Detroit Customs donates seized fossils to University of Michigan
From the Detroit Free Press comes this story about U.S. Customs seizing hundreds of pre-historic fossils for an apparent failure…
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Avoid having your merchandise seized at the US border by customs
Another customs and trade lawyer points out that there is going to be what should be a useful webinar for…