Category: Seizures in the News
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CBP at JFK Seizes More Than $121,000 of Counterfeit Cash
Any customs lawyer will tell you that getting caught failing to report real currency is a far better situation than…
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International Parcel Seizures by Philly CBP
I am sharing this story with readers of my customs law blog as it dovetails well with guidance recently provided…
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Currency Reporting Violations and the Global Entry Program
As some of my currency seizure clients have come to find out, failing to properly report currency over $10,000 being…
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Seattle Customs Seizures for Currency and Trademark Violations
Have you had your merchandise or currency seized in Seattle? You’re not alone. The annual fiscal year summaries have been…
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CBP Recovers Stolen Vehicle After 40 Years
Customs law and this blog isn’t always about currency seizures, product classification, country of origin marking, trademark infringement. Sometime’s it’s…
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Border Patrol Agents Seize Over $1.5
Though not exactly the type of customs money seizure that my client’s experience (which usually at a land border crossing…
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Customs in Philadelphia Seizes $27k in Unreported Currency
Another news release from customs demonstrates why you should make a truthful declaration to customs when carrying over $10,000 to…
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Philly CBP Seizes a Combined $96K from Two Women Heading to Jamaica on Consecutive Days
A sure way to ruin your vacation to Jamaica is by failing to correctly report the amount of currency you…
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Customs Seizes $409,000 in Unreported Currency
Customs in Arizona seized a particularly large amount of unreported currency for what appears to be bulk cash smuggling offenses…
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Customs in Philadelphia Seizes Money for Violation of Currency Reporting Laws
A customs news release relates the tale of two travelers who had their money seized by customs at the airport…
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Dulles CBP Seizes Over $13K in Unreported Currency
Customs does not stop seizing money from travellers at airports just because it’s the holiday season. On December 26, customs…
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Customs Money Seizure in El Paso
Another day and another news release from customs about a recent customs money seizure. This currency seizure story comes from the…
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CBP Seizes $82,000 in Currency
In a news release issued today from Customs we learn about a recent customs money seizure in Brownsville, Texas, that involves…
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Large Customs Money Seizures in Puerto Rico
In a recent Customs news release two customs money seizures were reported in the same weekend at the Luis Munoz Marin…
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Detroit CBP seized cash (counterfeit money)
Any customs lawyer will tell you that it’s better to get caught failing to report real cash getting caught importing…
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Customs Currency Seizure Totalling $421,770
CBP officers and Border Patrol agents at the El Paso port of entry seized $421,770 in currency concealed in the…
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Customs Seizes $35,018 in Currency
CBP officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry intercepted $35,018 in unreported U.S. currency concealed inside the center console…
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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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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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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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CBP Counterfeit Handbag Seizure
CBP officers and import specialists at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport complex made a significant intellectual property enforcement action between…
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$296,010 Customs Currency Seizure
From the CBP news releases: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Imperial Valley ports of entry over…
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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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$96,880 Currency Seizure by U.S. Customs in Nogales
See the below news release from Customs & Border Protection about a currency seizure in Nogales, Arizona: Six people were…
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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…