Category: Seizures in the News
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CBP Seizes Counterfeit Money in Ecuadoran Import
This story does not involve a customs currency seizure because counterfeit bills are not considered a monetary instrument under the…
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CBP Seizes $430k of Counterfeit/Smuggled Perfume in Champlain
Here is an interesting counterfeit seizure story out of Champlain, New York, from CBP. The officers there intercepted a truckload of…
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US CBP Seizes $10.6M Cash in Caribbean in FY 2014
Last year, U.S. Customs & Border Protection — CBP — in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands seized $10.6…
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U.S. Customs Seizes $17k Cash at Dulles Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than $17,000 from a woman returned to the United States from the…
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U.S. Customs Seizes $28k Outbound to Mexico
A relatively small amount of currency was seized from a Mexican couple leaving the United States last week at the…
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CBP Seizes $200K+ in Unreported Currency
U.S. Customs seized more than $220,000 in unreported U.S. currency from two U.S. citizen pedestrians who attempted to walk into…
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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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Customs Confiscates $39k at Port of Douglas in Arizona
The Douglas Dispatch out of Arizona reports on some arrest/seizure activity by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The relevant portion is:…
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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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CBP Seizes Unreported Currency in New Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection made a brief news release discussing a variety of enforcement actions, which contained a little blurb…
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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 Seized an Average of $650k from Travelers Each Day in 2014
U.S. Customs & Border Protection released its annual Border Security Report which you can read in full HERE (pdf). With respect…
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CBP Reminds Public About Currency Reporting Requirement
In the past month we have reported on two violations of the currency reporting requirements that resulted in seizure of…
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CBP Seizes More than $1 Million in Currency
This is a news release from U.S. Customs & Border Protection involving a currency seizure and the arrest of the people…
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U.S. Customs Seizes $69,000 in Cash at Preclearance Station from Traveler
Did you know U.S. Customs & Border Protection has preclearance stations in numerous foreign countries (link)? Did you know that…
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U.S. Customs Seizes Bulk Cash from 23 y/o US Citizen
In a currency seizure reported by U.S. Customs, customs seized over $250k 23 year old man headed into Mexico. No mention…
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CBP Seizes Counterfeit Kids’ Bracelets
Below is a Customs seizure story about fake monster tail bracelets recently seized as counterfeits. In the story, Customs states that…
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“Strapped” for Cash? U.S. Customs Will Seize It!
In a currency seizure reported by U.S. Customs, customs seized $50,000 from a 25 year old man headed into Mexico and…
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U.S. Customs Seizure of $2M in Counterfeit Handbags
Customs made another high value seizure of counterfeit merchandise being imported into the United States with infringing trademarks under 19…
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Customs Currency Smuggling Seizure
In this August story, Customs seized some U.S. Currency out-bound shipments because they were involved in currency smuggling (it’s worth…
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CBP Seizes $1.3M Worth of Counterfeit Toys
This is an odd story about a counterfeit seizure case because it’s unclear how customs determined the value of the…
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Customs Seizure of Fake Toys & Purses valued at $500k
How would you like to cough up a half million dollars for importing counterfeit and infringing goods into the United…