Category: News
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Why CBP Seized $70,737 From a Chinese Ship Captain in Baltimore — And Why Captains Often Carry Large Amounts of Cash
When U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of $70,737 in unreported currency from the captain of the…
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Holiday Travelers Beware: CBP Seizes $190,000 in Unreported Cash at Dulles Airport
As the holiday season approaches, many travelers head overseas with gifts and cash for family — whether coming to the…
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Preserve Your Right to Tariff Refunds Under Trump’s 2025 IEEPA Tariffs
Importers may recover 2025 IEEPA tariffs—but only if they file timely protests. Learn how to preserve your refund rights.
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CBP Seizes $16,619 at Ambassador Bridge: What You Need to Know About Currency Reporting
On April 18, 2025, CBP officers at the Ambassador Bridge seized $16,619 in unreported U.S. currency from an outbound traveler…
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CBP Currency Seizures at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport: What You Need to Know
CBP’s Dallas-Fort Worth Field Office has published two formal notices of seizure and intent to forfeit for currency violations at…
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Customs Penalties Can Trigger Tax Refund Garnishment: What Importers Need to Know
When CBP issues a monetary penalty — for importing counterfeit goods, misclassification, a currency seizure, or any other customs violation…
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Case Study: Two Currency Seizures at DFW – Why Hiring an Attorney Matters
Two currency seizure cases at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Same violation. Same port. Very different outcomes — and the difference comes…
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Detroit Airport Cash Seizure by CBP nets $15k
CBP officers in Detroit seized $15,000 from a traveler who allegedly failed — after multiple opportunities — to accurately report…
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Trump Tariff Exemption: IEEPA and 50 USC 1702(b)(3)
What Is the IEEPA Informational Materials Exemption? There is a statutory exemption to certain tariffs imposed by President Trump under…
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Penalties for Christmas
CBP officers at the port of Louisville, Kentucky, inspected some packages arriving from China. The packages were destined for Arizona,…
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Dulles CBP Seizes $90K in Cash from 5 people: August 2024
The latest CBP money seizure news publicized comes to us from Dulles airport (again). In the story below, CBP seized…
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Texas CBP seizes $85K in unreported and smuggled money; 1 arrested
Another day, another customs money seizure. This one in particular happened to the U.S.-Mexico border in Pharr, Texas, and actually…
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Electronic FinCen105 From CBP
CBP has made it possible to file a FinCEN 105 form online at fincen105.cbp.dhs.gov — and at first glance, this…
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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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Cash Seized by Detroit CBP, with Guns & Drugs
Cash continues to be seized by U.S. Customs & Border Protection at the Port of Detroit, as the tweet from…
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Passenger Fails to Report British Pounds at Dublin Pre-Clearance, CBP Seizes
CBP Pre-Clearance operations in Dublin, Ireland, seized $61,000 worth of British Pounds that was being taken to the United States…
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CBP Seizes Helicopter Drones for FCC label violations
CBP in Detroit, as part of a larger seizure that we blogged about not long ago, has seized 4,600 radio-controlled…
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CBP Presidio Seizes $175,935 In Cash at Mexican Border
CBP in Presidio, Texas seized $175,936 when inspecting people leaving the country for Mexico on June 7, 2020. The story…
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CBP Laredo Seizes $12,000 Heading to Mexico
CBP in Texas, this time in Laredo, Texas, seized $12,031 from a person walking into Mexico. They call the unreported,…
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Philadelphia CBP Seizes $15k Cash to Lebanon
Philadelphia CBP seized around $15,000 cash from a woman bound for Lebanon because she did not report it to CBP…
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CBP Cash Seizures and Enforcement Increase at Detroit Metro Airport
A story that CBP in Detroit is increasing cash reporting enforcement at Detroit Metro Airport was all over the local…
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Coming Reforms to CBP Regulations
A few weeks back, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), met in Washington DC. COAC is a 20-person committee…
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USMCA; United States Mexico Canada Agreement
The re-negotiation (and renaming) of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is one step closer to completion, and will go…
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Detroit Metro Airport Customs Money Seizure; September 28 2018
Today Customs published a notice of all property seized by Customs that is currently pending administrative forfeiture proceedings, as they…
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Class Action and CBP’s Hold Harmless and Release Agreement
An interesting cash seizure issue has been percolating across the Internet that arises from the class action (lawsuit) filed by…