Category: Blog Articles
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Customs Seizes $19,800 at Border
Customs executed another customs money seizure at a Texas border crossing; this story just doesn’t happen at land borders like…
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Customs Seizes $80,000 in Currency from Smuggler
Another day, another customs money seizure. This again demonstrates that, as in countless other incidents, the concealment of the cash is…
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Customs Liability for Internet Purchases
In addition to helping importers before U.S. Customs & Border Protection that are businesses, whether large or small, we also…
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Customs Merchandise & Property Seizures in the Caribbean
U.S. Customs & Border Protection in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands recently reported their annual fiscal year statistics,…
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Customs in Philadelphia Seizes $27k in Unreported Currency
Another news release from customs demonstrates why you should make a truthful declaration to customs when carrying over $10,000 to…
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Customs Money Seizure Daily Averages 2013
U.S. Customs published some interesting numbers on customs money seizures for failure to report amounts over $10,000 (or, bulk cash…
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Targeted Enforcement for Customs Money Seizure
If your cash was seized at an airport or border crossing, you may be wondering whether you were singled out…
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Philly CBP Seizes a Combined $96K from Two Women Heading to Jamaica on Consecutive Days
A sure way to ruin your vacation to Jamaica is by failing to correctly report the amount of currency you…
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Customs Seizes $409,000 in Unreported Currency
Customs in Arizona seized a particularly large amount of unreported currency for what appears to be bulk cash smuggling offenses…
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Customs in Philadelphia Seizes Money for Violation of Currency Reporting Laws
A customs news release relates the tale of two travelers who had their money seized by customs at the airport…
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Dulles CBP Seizes Over $13K in Unreported Currency
Customs does not stop seizing money from travellers at airports just because it’s the holiday season. On December 26, customs…
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Increased travel = increased customs currency seizure
Increased travel for the holidays means increased opportunities for customs to seize your money for failing to report the transport…
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Customs Money Seizure in El Paso
Another day and another news release from customs about a recent customs money seizure. This currency seizure story comes from the…
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Customs Announces Expanded Filing of Joint Customs Declarations
Customs announced they recently took steps broadening the definition of who counts as a member of a family residing in…
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CBP Seizes $82,000 in Currency
In a news release issued today from Customs we learn about a recent customs money seizure in Brownsville, Texas, that involves…
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Large Customs Money Seizures in Puerto Rico
In a recent Customs news release two customs money seizures were reported in the same weekend at the Luis Munoz Marin…
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Detroit CBP seized cash (counterfeit money)
Any customs lawyer will tell you that it’s better to get caught failing to report real cash getting caught importing…
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Customs Currency Seizure Totalling $421,770
CBP officers and Border Patrol agents at the El Paso port of entry seized $421,770 in currency concealed in the…
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Customs Seizes $35,018 in Currency
CBP officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry intercepted $35,018 in unreported U.S. currency concealed inside the center console…
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CBP Seizes $30,007 in Unreported Currency
The pace of customs currency seizure news releases has declined since the government shutdown, but today Customs released some details…
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International Cash Seizures by Customs reported by New York Times
As a U.S. customs lawyer, I only handle currency seizures that occur within the United States — I am not…
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Reporting Money to Customs to Avoid Seizure
If you are trying to avoid having your money seized by Customs, take some advice from a customs lawyer: do…
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Smuggled Cash in Tire Seized by Customs
Not all stories about cash seized by customs have such great pictures. In September, Customs reported on the discovery of…
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How long does it take Customs to decide a petition for a currency/monetary instrument seizure?
My clients who have had currency seized from Customs often ask me how long it takes to get the money…
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U.S. Border Patrol Agents Confiscate Cash and Marijuana
CBP released a news report regarding a currency seizure in San Diego that stands out from most of the cases…