Category: Currency Seizure
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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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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…
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Arizona CBP Officers Seize $300,000 in Cash
From U.S. Customs & Border Protection: A 35-year-old Douglas, Ariz. man was arrested Friday for attempting to smuggle $300,000 in…
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Detroit CBP seizes $271,463 in Unreported Currency
A news release from Customs & Border Protection that hits close to home, in my own Port of Detroit. Unfortunately…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes $44K in Unreported Currency
CBP in Baltimore has made another news release about currency seizures for currency reporting requirement violations conducted at their port.…
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Man’s Money Seized by Customs Trying to Smuggle Out of U.S.
According to a recent news release, Customs intercepted an alleged outbound currency smuggling attempt in Arizona: A local man was…
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Currency Seizures by U.S. Customs Increase on the Holidays
The holidays always seem to be ripe for currency seizures by U.S. Customs & Border Protection because of the increased…
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CBP Seizes $205,500 in Unreported Money
As reported by CBP in a recent news release: Lukeville, Ariz. – Two Mexican nationals were arrested Monday for attempting…
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$19,000 money seizures by Customs in Philadelphia
It is refreshing to see a currency seizure story from Philadelphia for a change — most of the enforcement news…
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Currency smuggler tries laundering money
Pardon the title — but a CBP news release out of the Presidio, Texas port of entry tells the tale…
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San Juan CBP Seizes $43,000 in Unreported Money
CBP reports on two currency seizures at Luis Muñoz Marín Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico — both from passengers…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes Over $11K in Unreported Money/Currency
A CBP news release from Baltimore details a currency seizure at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport — $11,400 taken…
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Customs seizure of smuggled money in Arizona
A CBP news release out of Arizona details a currency seizure that stands out from the typical airport case —…
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Customs seizes $360,000 in Unreported Money
A CBP news release out of the Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry in Texas details a significant currency seizure — $360,025…
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Commentary on CBP money seizures in Philly
There is an interesting news release from CBP about some money seizures in Philadelphia that goes beyond the usual “facts-only” narrative style and…
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Customs seizes unreported money at border crossing
Two Mexican national women were attempting to cross southbound into Mexico through a Nogales port of entry when CBP officers…
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Customs Money Seizure of $175,000 in Unreported Currency at Port
As reported recently by U.S. Customs & Border Protection: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting outbound inspections selected a…
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Customs Money Seizure of $376,510
Customs & Border Protection discusses a recent money seizure in a news release available by clicking HERE. This time it was a…
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CBP Seizes Money at Texas Port of Entry
We cover these Texas border seizure cases not because most of our clients are drug couriers hiding cash in secret…
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CBP Seizes More Than $150,000 in Undeclared Money
On March 29, U.S. Customs officers at a Yuma, Arizona port of entry intercepted $150,000 in unreported currency being transported…
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Bulk Cash Smuggling; Customs Currency Seizure
Arizona news is reporting that a Mexican national was caught attempting to smuggle $90,000 in U.S. currency southbound across the…
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U.S. Customs Money Seizure of $460,000 in Smuggled Currency
CBP reports another large southbound currency seizure at Nogales, Arizona — $464,000 hidden in a nightstand inside a vehicle attempting…