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Nearly 5 years ago, we blogged about Regulated Wood Packaging Material (WPM) violations, and the trouble it can get importers…

It’s been almost a year since CBP reported on Houston airport cash seizures (the last story is here), even though…

Back in October, I blogged about a cash seizure in Baltimore and said that the port of Baltimore doesn’t make…

Dulles continues to be the leading source for news-releases pertaining to cash seizures for more than $10,000 for failure to…

CBP officers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport intercepted what could have been one of the larger cash seizures at that…

Here’s a story that — to my knowledge — didn’t hit the CBP news release system, but ended up being…

Dulles CBP seized $42,000 in cash from a man going to Ghana. As the story (original here) below explains, the…

CBP officers took over $90,000 cash in a seizure action in Laredo, Texas, of money heading into Mexico from the…

Here is a tale from CBP of over a quarter-million dollars, unreported cash, seized by U.S. Customs officers at the…

Baltimore CBP doesn’t make it into the news too much for cash seizures, but recently it was reported that they…

CBP in Dulles recently made a very large cash seizure from an airline passenger headed to Ghana. It is CBP…

Here is a tale of a cash seizure made by CBP in El Paso, Texas, from back in June. I’ve…

U.S. Customs is reporting on more cash seizures by its officers at Dulles Airport in Sterling, Virginia. Just last week,…

CBP at Dulles Airport in Virginia is taking more and more cash from travelers, and is spreading the news far…

Cash seizures at airports have spiked in Detroit, and also apparently in other regions, such as Dulles airport. As a…

Dulles CBP has made a few notable seizures recently. Dulles cash seizures always seem to hit the CBP news release…

I’ve had limited time to blog about customs law lately, but there was a large currency seizure out of Philadelphia…

Here’s a great story out of Philadelphia, where close to $40,000 was seized from a person traveling to Jamaica. CBP…

Question: When is a 9 year old Ford Fusion worth more than $7,000? Answer: When there is $190,000 in cash…

The link between smuggling cash and smuggling drugs across the border is not always apparent. In fact, the currency reporting…

Last week’s forfeiture.gov publication of legal notices of seizure and intent to forfeit revealed more unfortunate news for someone out…

CBP seized $185,000 in smuggled currency that was heading into Mexico out of Laredo, Texas, last week, in a story…

I’ve been a busy customs lawyer recently, but most especially the last six months. Therefore, while I’ve still been trying…

CBP has organized itself around a fiscal year that is different from the calendar year; every October 1 begins the…

CBP discovered over a quarter-million dollars hidden in the right-rear quarter-panel of a Dodge Durango that was being driven out…