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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…

This article could also be called, CBP seizes “dough,” slang for cash. This seems to me to be a very…

Guns, money, and and lawyers; the first two items are what this disjointed story from CBP is about, and the…

CBP officers recently seized a lot of cash — $163,130, to be exact — from a 34 year-old U.S. citizen…

Here’s a quick story about a money seizure that happened when someone was going into Mexico earlier this week.CBP seized…

CBP officers at the Ysleta Port of Entry in El Paso seized nearly $150,000 in cash from a vehicle attempting…

CBP seizes more than $32,000 for currency reporting violations at Dulles and BWI airport last week. The news release reveal…

The CBP news release feed has been full of news about various enforcement actions on the immigration side of its…

We have our first stupid smuggling attempt of 2017. In a story similar to one we blogged about 3 years…

CBP has been busy seizing cash across the country, and that is the reason my customs law blogging activity has…

CBP announced the seizure of around $86,000 in cash from a man in Houston. The seizure took place on December…

I’ve not had much time for blogging about customs law, as CBP enforcement seems to have increased lately. But, I…

A traveler bound for Ethiopa had $13,000 seized from him by U.S. Customs & Border Protection at Dulles airport a…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection can seize cash without a warrant when traveling internationally into or out of the United…

Finally, a CBP cash seizure press release from my own home port of Detroit that happened at Detroit Metropolitan Airport,…