Category: Blog Articles
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Dulles CBP Seize $29K in Cash from Congolese Man
CBP seizes about $342,000 each day, on average, at airports across the country and at our borders. In this story,…
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CBP Laredo Seizes $261K in Currency to Mexico
In two recent cases described in a news release below two individuals were arrested not filing a CMIR (FinCen 105…
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CBP Detroit Seizes $5.6 Million in 2021
Cash seizures by Detroit CBP are picking up steam, as travel increased over the summer months as the pandemic (appeared)…
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Dulles Airport Customs Seizes $23k in Unreported Currency
International travel surged after the removal of pandemic-era restrictions, and Thanksgiving travel historically produces a spike in CBP enforcement activity…
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CBP Baltimore Seizes $42k Cash from Jamaicans
CBP at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport seized nearly $42,000 from travelers heading to Jamaica across three separate incidents…
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Dulles CBP Seized $46K in Money from Airport Traveler
CBP at Washington Dulles International Airport seized $46,628 from a U.S. citizen departing for Cameroon — money that was partially…
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Texas CBP Seizes $200K in Undeclared Currency
CBP officers at the Falcon Dam International Crossing in Roma, Texas seized more than $200,000 in a single enforcement action…
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Section 301 Exclusion Extensions. Maybe?
The USTR is considering re-opening product exclusions for the 549 exclusions, which mostly expired by December 31, 2020. Comments are…
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Section 301 China Tariff Exclusions (October 2021)
The current U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, is expected to publicly announce a new Section 301 exclusion process that would…
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Ambassador Bridge Site of $230k Customs Money Seizure
Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge was the site of recent money seizures of more nearly $230,000 by Customs for failure to declare…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes Cash (and Marijuana)
Currency seizures at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport are on the rise, and CBP has been publicizing the numbers.…
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Philly CBP Seizes $99K Smuggled Cash To Doha, Qatar
Customs at Philadelphia seized nearly $100,000 cash that was hidden inside the traveler’s personal effects on his way to Doha,…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes $82K in Cash from Traveler to Jamaica
Baltimore Customs officers seized cash from 4 men heading back to their native Jamaica for not reporting it; apparently, 3…
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CBP Detroit Cash Seizures Decline by Nearly 60% in Pandemic
In fiscal year 2019 (October 2018 through October 2019), CBP seized $7.8 million in cash from (most unsuspecting) travelers at…
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CBP Seizure for Online Counterfeit Purchases FAQ
CBP will detain, seize, and forfeit counterfeit goods that were purchased online and shipped to the United States. CBP sometimes…
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CBP Texas seizes $297K Cash at Del Rio
Recently, customs discovered a huge cache of cash when inspecting a vehicle heading into Mexico. The story, which comes to…
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CBP Officers Seize $201,585 in Unreported Currency at the Roma Port of Entry
I’ll give all my readers some free advice: if you have an extra $200,000 lying around, spend it inside the…
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CBP Texas Seizes $838,481 at Roma Texas
CBP officers in Texas prevented the attempted export of NEARLY ONE MILLION dollars in cash to Mexico, late last year.…
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Dulles CBP Seizes $44,000 from Ethiopia Traveler
CBP officers at Dulles Airport their Washington DC, which happens to be part of the wider Baltimore Field office, seized…
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CBP Texas Seizes $46,085 in Smuggled Cash at Brownsville
CBP officers in Texas are the frontline of the United States in its war against illicit trafficking of narcotics and…
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CBP San Diego Seized Unreported Smuggled Cash
CBP in San Diego has quite a few ports, including Calexico, Otay Mesa, Cross Border Xpress, San Ysidro, and Tecate.…
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Texas CBP Seized $100,000 in Smuggled Cash
A few months back, CBP in Texas seized $100,000 in bulk cash that was taped a a pedestrian’s body as…
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Dulles CBP seized cash again; when is a violation of 31 USC 5316 complete?
Here’s a story about a man who had $43,409 in cash seized by customs at Dulles Airport. I’m going to…
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CBP Laredo Seizes $140K Cash
CBP officers in Laredo discovered and seized $140,000 cash hidden in the suitcase of a 26 year-old Mexican national who…
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CBP Detroit Seizes $60K Headed to Amsterdam
Customs officers at Detroit Metro Airport seized more than $60,000 from a woman who was traveling to Amsterdam, who reported…