Category: Seizures in the News
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Gold Worth $67,830 Sezied by Cincinnati CBP
On March 9, CBP officers discovered that someone was shipping gold bars out of the country in a box which…
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CBP at JFK Seizes Cocaine in Beef Patties
We have our first stupid smuggling attempt of 2017. In a story similar to one we blogged about 3 years…
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Dulles Airport Cash Seizure Nets CBP $40K
A Dulles airport cash seizure resulted in a $40,000 loss for a Ghanaian man who had his money seized by…
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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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Why some Chinese travel with cash leading to airport seizures
One question I face from most Americans when I tell them that our customs law firm helps people recover from…
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CBP Seized $45k cash in Nassau
CBP has preclearance centers which are basically the same as customs in the United States, but just located in a…
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CBP Seizes Hazardous (Lead) Toys in San Juan
We previously explained the risks that come with importing merchandise into the United States; how it can result in seizure,…
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Philly CBP Seized $27k: Unreported & Concealed
Customs seized the equivalent to about USD $27,000 from a couple arriving from Belgium (the author of the story calls…
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$830K Seized for Bulk Cash Smuggling
When is a 2010 Dodge Journey worth almost a million dollars? When there is $830,000 dollars hidden in the dashboard.…
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CBP Seizes $180k at Mexican Border
While most of our currency seizure clients are have their money taken from customs at an airport, we occasionally represent…
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CBP Seizes $310,000 for Failure to Declare Currency
While most of our currency seizure clients are have their money taken from customs at an airport, we ocasionally represent…
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3 Currency Seizures Net CBP $74,500
CBP seized almost $75,000 in cash during 3 separate incidents at the port in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Twoof the…
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CBP Takes $230K in Unreported Cash in Texas
U.S. Customs seized almost $230,000 from a U.S. citizen leaving the United States. This is a different scenario from the…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes Almost $28K in Unreported Currency from Maryland Man
CBP seized almost $30,000 in cash from a traveler at Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport last week when he was…
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CBP seizes $49,000 cash in Texas
From local news sources, here is a story about a cash seizure by Customs valued at nearly $50,000: Lopez-Gonzalez and…
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CBP in Texas Seizes & Prosecutes for $10K in Unreported Currency
In this customs cash seizure story, Customs seized $10,436 from an American living in Mexico while entering the United States.…
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Dulles Airport CBP Seizes $19K from Swiss Traveler
Customs at Dulles airport confiscated almost $20,000 from a traveler arriving there from Switzerland. According to the story, quoted below,…
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Philly Airport CBP Seizes $51k from Nigerian
This past Sunday, U.S. Customs & Border Protection officers at the Philadelphia airport seized over $50,000 in unreported currency, which…
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CBP Seizes $50,000 Dollars & Yuan from Chinese Family
Over Labor Day weekend, Dulles CBP seized $50,510 from a family that arrived to the United States from China. The…
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Customs Seized 10,000 Fake Designer Handbags in Miami
Customs seized fake handbags, for which the value would be nearly $5 million dollars if they were genuine. After the…
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$300 Penalty for Beef Smuggler
This customs law blog is about more than just currency seizures at airport, but also about running afoul of the…
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Florida CBP Seizes Counterfeit Sunglasses
Customs seized counterfeit Ray-Ban sunglasses fairly recently. According to the story itself, the sunglasses could have been seized not only…
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Customs seizes $42,000 at BWI Airport
The Capital Gazette out of Baltimore reports that a customs seizure of cash occurred at Thurgood Marshall airport. It involved…
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CBP Seizes $14K at Dulles Airport
This customs cash seizure story at Dulles airport says the person who was traveling to Switzerland “reported possessing slightly less…
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CBP Seizes $39K from Greek at Philadelphia Airport
U.S. Customs seized $39,000 worth of USD and Euro currency from a Greek man who, I am willing to bet,…