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The news release below describes a fairly common occurrence; the wrong turn. I’ve had client’s make a wrong turn only…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection made a brief news release discussing a variety of enforcement actions, which contained a little blurb…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) at Dulles airport has once again demonstrated its money-seizing prowess in a news release…

U.S. Customs reports on a recent customs bulk cash smuggling seizure from a Mexican national attempting to leave the United…

U.S. Customs reports on a recent customs money seizure from a mother and son entering the United States from Montreal via train. At…

This is an article about the statute of limitations for currency reporting violations (failure to report monetary instruments over $10,000,…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection released its annual Border Security Report which you can read in full HERE (pdf).  With respect…

In the past month we have reported on two violations of the currency reporting requirements that resulted in seizure of…

U.S. Customs reports on a recent customs money seizure from a woman attempting to cross the border. Something tipped the customs officers off as…

Lady luck, like fortune, is fickle. This man’s luck — and his casino winnings — disappeared at the border when…

This is a news release from U.S. Customs & Border Protection involving a currency seizure and the arrest of the people…

Imports into the United States must be properly classified and valued. Classification has to do with categorizing them on the…

Did you know U.S. Customs & Border Protection has preclearance stations in numerous foreign countries (link)? Did you know that…

In a currency seizure reported by U.S. Customs, customs seized over $250k 23 year old man headed into Mexico. No mention…

Thanksgiving is apparently not the busiest travel day of the year, but it’s definitely one of the busiest. This year, with…

Below is a Customs seizure story about fake monster tail bracelets recently seized as counterfeits. In the story, Customs states that…

This is a Customs & Border Patrol story from KVOA, involving smugglers and a currency seizure. This is a little different…

In a currency seizure reported by U.S. Customs, customs seized $50,000 from a 25 year old man headed into Mexico and…

Customs made another high value seizure of counterfeit merchandise being imported into the United States with infringing trademarks under 19…

In this August story, Customs seized some U.S. Currency out-bound shipments because they were involved in currency smuggling (it’s worth…

Sometimes importing counterfeit goods lands you in a lot more trouble than just paying a customs penalty (1x or 2x the…

This is an odd story about a counterfeit seizure case because it’s unclear how customs determined the value of the…

How would you like to cough up a half million dollars for importing counterfeit and infringing goods into the United…

This is a customs money seizure news release trifecta, where customs is reporting about some failed cash smuggling attempts — that…

Sometimes people ask if they should hire a customs lawyer to get their money back that was seized by customs…