Category: Blog Articles
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Cash From China Seized Due to Capital Controls
Late last year, we wrote about Chinese nationals taking their cash out of the country by the suitcase. A suitcase…
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$5.9M in Undeclared Currency Seized in Texas
CBP operates on a fiscal year that runs from October 1 to September 30. For fiscal year 2015, CBP in…
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Border Patrol Seized Cash at Checkpoint
A March 2016 cash seizure at the Interstate 35 Border Patrol checkpoint in Laredo, Texas illustrates a scenario that customs…
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CBP Seized Cash $95,000 in AZ
CBP seized cash from a Mexican heading back into Mexico on March 2. The cash was hidden in a cooler…
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Detroit Customs Seized Cash from 540 Travelers in FY 2015
Detroit Customs seized cash from 540 travelers in fiscal year 2015 and racked up a second-best-in-the-nation finish for total amount…
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CBP Seized Cash From Travelers in 2015
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) seized cash from travelers in lower numbers in 2015 compared to 2014. In its…
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Timid Smuggler Has Cash Seized by CBP
Here is another story about cash seized by CBP. In this case, the amount seized is almost $150,000. CBP made…
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$4.65M Counterfeit Cash Seizure At Detroit Metro Airport
On February 12, there was an unusual cash seizure at Detroit Metro Airport. U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) seized…
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Buffalo CBP Seized Cash for Currency Reporting Violations in 2015
Last year, we reported that CBP at the port of Buffalo “seized $267,323 in a total of 22 currency seizures”. …
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CBP Uses X-Ray Technology to Seize Hidden Cash in Cargo Containers
CBP uses x-ray tech to seize $518K in hidden cash from a container in Puerto Rico. Learn how seizures happen—even…
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Texas CBP Seized Cash at Hidalgo
Texas CBP seized cash from a man heading into Mexico in January, the amount of cash totaled about $300,000 cash…
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CBP Money Seizure Techniques
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), among its many missions and responsibilities, tries to stop the flow of illegal goods…
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$200k Money Seizure in Texas by CBP
CBP officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized more than $200,000 in cash hidden inside the body panels…
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Customs and Border Protection Seized Money in Champlain
Annually, ports across the country release news stories about the previous twelve months of enforcement activity. In Champlain, New York,…
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Newark Airport Cash Seizure from Pilot
Customs seized cash at Newark airport from a commercial airline pilot for bulk cash smuggling. That’s the story reported by…
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$40k Money Seized at Houston Airport by CBP
According to this story, about $40,000 in money seized at Houston Airport by Customs & Border Protection (CBP) was on…
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CBP Confiscated Cash of $18,000 at Dulles
CBP confiscated cash of $18,000 at Dulles Airport from a family bound for Lebanon. The family verbally reported $12,000 cash…
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Virgin Islands CBP Cash Seizure Nets $145k
A Virgin Islands CBP Cash Seizure occurred in what would be unusual circumstances for average client of our customs law…
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Cash seized at Dulles airport by CBP
A Chinese traveler had cash seized at Dulles airport, again, last week. This time it was $20,377, instead of $16,000…
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$16k Dulles Airport Currency Seizure by CBP
A Dulles airport currency seizure of $16,000 by CBP was reported by Customs this week. The seizure occurred last Thursday,…
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Reporting Currency in the Caribbean (CBP Reminder)
U.S. Customs (CBP) has issued a public reminder on reporting currency in the Caribbean to travelers to when either entering…
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Dulles Airport Cash Seizure Nets CBP $40K
A Dulles airport cash seizure resulted in a $40,000 loss for a Ghanaian man who had his money seized by…
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Unreported Bulk Cash of $112k Seized by CBP
Nearly $112,000 in unreported bulk cash was seized by U.S. Customs (CBP) officers from a U.S. citizen heading into Mexico…
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Why some Chinese travel with cash leading to airport seizures
One question I face from most Americans when I tell them that our customs law firm helps people recover from…
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CBP Seized $45k cash in Nassau
CBP has preclearance centers which are basically the same as customs in the United States, but just located in a…