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CBP at Detroit Metro Airport seized $680,000 worth of counterfeit championship rings that were being imported into the United States…

An interesting story about a seizure for meat (bologna/baloney) from Mexico presents an opportunity for me to talk about amending…

In March 2015, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (Customs) seized $8,188 USD and $4,901.52 of Taiwanese New Dollar cash from…

A cash seizure at O’Hare Airport in Chicago was recently published for administrative forfeiture by U.S. Customs & Border Protection.…

Detroit CBP seized a total $40,249 in back-to-back money seizures at Detroit airport on March 29, 2016 for failure to…

CBP in Philadelphia seized counterfeit traveler’s checks with a face value of $33,000 on May 25th, which were destined for…

I have always had a great respect for immigrants. Half of my my family – wife included – were either…

An Orlando cash seizure by U.S. Customs & Border Protection at Orando International Airport is a first for this customs…

CBP cash seizure trends change over the years. For example, a recent money seizure at Dulles Airport tells me that…

On May 10, 2016, CBP seized $79,000 of bulk cash that smuggled beneath the rear seats of a Honda SUV…

The requirement to report cash to Customs applies not only to U.S. currency, but also to foreign currency (among other…

Not every cash seizure made by U.S. Customs & Border Protection involves a traveler (or a drug mule) carrying cash…

In the context of negotiation to get some of my client’s seized cash returned from CBP, I once had a…

A Virginia man had money seized by CBP near Washington, D.C., last week when CBP officers seized $38,872 worth of…

Back in September of 2015, $14,080 in cash was seized at Boston Logan Airport (BOS – port code 0417) by…

Another day, another currency seizure by U.S. Customs & Border Protection at this nation’s border crossing and airports from an…

Here is today’s excerpt from Detroit CBP’s posting on forfeiture.gov — $15,000 seized for failure to failure to report at…

Recently, CBP Dulles seized almost $47,000 from a man leaving the United States for Ghana at Dulles airport. The reason…

When CBP seizes money it is subject to forfeiture. Typically, CBP sends a letter notifying all interested persons that the…

Over $150,000 in cash was taken by CBP officers in Hidalgo, Texas, recently, when a 33 year old U.S. citizen…

CBP tweeted the other day about cash seized by CBP in 2015, and drug seizures. On “a typical day,” CPP…

Here’s a great video from a local news station in the Rio Grand Valley about some of the more interesting…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection amended their regulations concerning intellectual property, trademark, and copyright to give importers a greater opportunity…

Dulles CBP seized cash in envelopes from a man en route to Belgium last Sunday. According to the story, the…

Were you forced to abandon cash to Customs (CBP) after it was seized? Occasionally I get called by someone who…