Category: Blog Articles
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Customs Seizes $80,000 in Currency from Smuggler
On an afternoon in February 2014, CBP officers running southbound inspections on the 905 at the Otay Mesa port of…
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Customs Liability for Internet Purchases
For most of the last decade, buying something from overseas was simple: if the parcel was worth $800 or less,…
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Customs Merchandise & Property Seizures in the Caribbean
CBP reported roughly $3.5 million in unreported currency seized across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in fiscal year…
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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
Over one weekend in January 2014, CBP officers running outbound enforcement at Philadelphia International Airport stopped two women on consecutive…
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Customs Seizes $409,000 in Unreported Currency
In September 2013, CBP officers running outbound inspections at the Port of Douglas, Arizona, pulled a Toyota pickup out of…
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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
In December 2013, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents running southbound inspections at the Bridge of the Americas in El…
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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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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
In November 2013, CBP officers conducting a routine outbound examination at the Pan American Dock in San Juan seized $30,007…
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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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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…
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CBP Counterfeit Handbag Seizure
What Happens to the Importers Now Seizure and destruction of the merchandise is only the beginning of the exposure. Once…
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$296,010 Customs Currency Seizure
In September 2013, CBP officers running southbound inspections at the Andrade port of entry in the Imperial Valley referred a…
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Arizona CBP Officers Seize $300,000 in Cash
In September 2013, CBP officers running outbound inspections at the Port of Douglas, Arizona, pulled a Toyota pickup out of…
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$96,880 Currency Seizure by U.S. Customs in Nogales
In August 2013, CBP issued a news release covering a four-day stretch at the Port of Nogales, Arizona. Six people…
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Detroit CBP seizes $271,463 in Unreported Currency
On August 22, 2013, CBP officers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport seized $271,463 from two travelers arriving on a flight from…
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CBP Officers at Downtown Port Seize Almost $830,000 in U.S. Currency bound for Mexico
On August 9, 2013, CBP officers working southbound inspections at the Calexico downtown port of entry, alongside members of the…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes $44K in Unreported Currency
In August 2013, a traveler arrived at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on a flight from London, headed onward…
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CBP Seizes $34,685 in Unreported Currency in Puerto Rico
In August 2013, CBP officers at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan seized $34,685 from a passenger arriving…