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When a CBP enforcement notice arrives in the mail, the document looks the same regardless of what it actually is.…

When CBP issues a penalty notice under 19 USC § 1592, the number on the page can look like it…

The short answer is: as much as you want. There is no legal limit on the amount of currency or…

Texas has two of the most consequential currency enforcement corridors in the United States — and they are not the…

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. It handled 108 million passengers in 2024 — more…

California is the largest state economy in the country, the busiest entry point for trans-Pacific trade, and home to some…

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…