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When importing into the United States an importer must make sure to comply with the customs laws for classification, valuation,…

Customs reported a seizure of over 11,000 counterfeit watches which, if real, would have a manufacturer’s suggest retail price of…

U.S. Customs seized over $100,000 from some Mexican nationals leaving the United States. This is a different scenario from the usual…

Currency seizures by U.S. Customs & Border Protection come in all sizes and every different set of circumstances imaginable. The…

A very long but worthy read appears in today’s Federal Register. It is a new opportunity from U.S. Customs &…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes a lot of money. In the last fiscal year, customs seized more than $81…

CBP is reporting on a story of a bulk cash smuggling seizure of $25,000 in Arizona. Coincidentally, we are in…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a large amount of counterfeit clothing from a traveler that was arriving from El…

Here’s one of those seldom thought about counterfeit merchandise seizures: counterfeit autoparts. When you think about counterfeits you usually think…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized $50,000 cash at a Philadelphia airport from a traveler arriving from Frankfurt, Germany. No criminal charges…

When Customs or Homeland Security wants to discuss your Customs currency seizure case with you after filing a petition, by telephone…

When importing into the United States an importer must make sure to comply with the customs laws for classification, valuation,…

When you heard that someone is a smuggler, or that they’ve smuggled something you typically think of smuggling drugs or…

In the story below, CBP officers in Houston seized more than $15,000 from a Nigerian traveler at the George Bush…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a large amount of counterfeit clothing from a traveler that was arriving from Vietnam.…

We previously wrote about the dangers of not knowing your supply chain, conducting due diligence, and how inadvertently buying goods…

In addition to currency seizures and drug seizures, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes counterfeit merchandise imported into the United…

Just the other day we blogged about a counterfeit currency seizure at an express cargo facility at JFK Airport. Today, there…

This story does not involve a customs currency seizure because counterfeit bills are not considered a monetary instrument under the…

Here is an interesting counterfeit seizure story out of Champlain, New York, from CBP. The officers there intercepted a truckload of…

Last year, U.S. Customs & Border Protection — CBP — in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands seized $10.6…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than $17,000 from a woman returned to the United States from the…

A relatively small amount of currency was seized from a Mexican couple leaving the United States last week at the…

The industry website RubberNews.com has a story about a tire distributor called China Tire out of California who is facing a…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection recently encountered and seized a stolen Picasso painting worth millions of dollars at a New…