Category: News
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CBP Seizes $11k Cash from Vietnamese Couple at Dulles
Customs officers at Dulles airport seized more than $11,000 from a couple traveling to Vietnam. According to the story, they…
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CBP Seizes $29,000 Smuggled at San Juan
A few weeks back, CBP announced another recent seizure of unreported cash at the San Juan seaport in a shipment…
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CBP Officer allegedly steals $15,000 from mail
Most CBP officers I’ve encountered ultimately act ethically, even if I occasionally disagree with an overly aggressive approach to certain…
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Why Immigrants Have So Much Cash
I have always had a great respect for immigrants. Half of my my family – wife included – were either…
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Cash seized at Dulles airport by CBP
A Chinese traveler had cash seized at Dulles airport, again, last week. This time it was $20,377, instead of $16,000…
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$16k Dulles Airport Currency Seizure by CBP
A Dulles airport currency seizure of $16,000 by CBP was reported by Customs this week. The seizure occurred last Thursday,…
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Unreported Bulk Cash of $112k Seized by CBP
Nearly $112,000 in unreported bulk cash was seized by U.S. Customs (CBP) officers from a U.S. citizen heading into Mexico…
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Laredo CBP Seizes $266,000 in Currency
This Laredo Customs currency seizure story proves that everything is bigger in Texas. In this case, Customs seized $266,000 in…
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CBP Seizes Passenger’s Fake Designer Wallets
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a large amount of counterfeit wallets from a traveler that was arriving from Japan.…
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CBP at Miami International Airport Seizes $228,000 in Counterfeit Currency
U.S. Customs seized around $230,000 of currency – all suspected counterfeit – that came in a package from Peru to…
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CBP Seizes Alleged Counterfeit Auto Parts in Florida
Here’s one of those seldom thought about counterfeit merchandise seizures: counterfeit autoparts. When you think about counterfeits you usually think…
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CBP Fines Agricultural Products Smugglers $98,000
When you heard that someone is a smuggler, or that they’ve smuggled something you typically think of smuggling drugs or…
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CBP Seizes Counterfeits from Traveler from Vietnam
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a large amount of counterfeit clothing from a traveler that was arriving from Vietnam.…
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CBP Seizes $1.2B in counterfeits in FY 2014
In addition to currency seizures and drug seizures, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes counterfeit merchandise imported into the United…
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Customs Seeks to Enforce § 1592 Penalties for Misclassification at CIT
The industry website RubberNews.com has a story about a tire distributor called China Tire out of California who is facing a…
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Picasso Seized by Customs, Forfeiture Pending
U.S. Customs & Border Protection recently encountered and seized a stolen Picasso painting worth millions of dollars at a New…
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CBP Currency Seizure for Preclearance is Nassau
The on-going trickle of news releases from Customs regarding the annual totals of currency seizures continues. Here is a report,…
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Cross Border Customs Cash Seizure Nets $39k
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released some news about recent enforcement actions, including a seizure of about 39,000 from a Mexican man entering…
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Dulles Airport Money Seizure by Customs of $43,015
A Dulles airport money seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) resulted in a seizure of $43,000 from a U.S.…
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Wrong Turn in Detroit Results in Customs Seizure, Arrest
The news release below describes a fairly common occurrence; the wrong turn. I’ve had client’s make a wrong turn only…
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Cash Seized by U.S. Customs and Arrest for Bulk Cash Smuggling
U.S. Customs reports on a recent customs bulk cash smuggling seizure from a Mexican national attempting to leave the United…
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$24,000 Seized by Customs at Amtrak Station
U.S. Customs reports on a recent customs money seizure from a mother and son entering the United States from Montreal via train. At…
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CBP Confiscates $82K From International Traveler
U.S. Customs reports on a recent customs money seizure from a woman attempting to cross the border. Something tipped the customs officers off as…
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Importer Allegedly Undervalues Shoe Imports and Gets Criminally Charged
Imports into the United States must be properly classified and valued. Classification has to do with categorizing them on the…
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The Government Wants Your Money
This is a Customs & Border Patrol story from KVOA, involving smugglers and a currency seizure. This is a little different…