Category: Seizures
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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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U.S. Customs Currency Seizures for Thanksgiving Travelers
Thanksgiving is apparently not the busiest travel day of the year, but it’s definitely one of the busiest. This year, with…
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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…
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Customs Counterfeit Seizure of Tablet Computers
As part of our ongoing efforts to analyze news in light of the customs laws and keep importers informed of…
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Holiday Weekend Customs Cash Seizures
Many customs cash seizures by U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) are bound to happen all over the country this…
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Customs Seizure & Penalty for Counterfeits and Uncertified Engines
Importing is a tricky business that presents a trap for the novice. You may think you can import merchandise that…
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Customs Seizure & Penalties for Fake & Faulty Hairdryers
Many fail to grasp the importance of customs seizing counterfeit merchandise. The reason might be a failure see the harm that it…
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CBP Seizes $28K+ in Unreported Currency
CBP at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport seized more than $28,000 from a Nigerian man arriving from London —…
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Importing Counterfeit Trademarks – Customs Seizures & Penalties; Part 2
Importing counterfeit merchandise into into the United States is not only illegal, but is something that U.S. Customs & Border Protection…
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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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Customs Merchandise & Property Seizures in the Caribbean
U.S. Customs & Border Protection in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands recently reported their annual fiscal year statistics,…
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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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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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$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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CBP Officers at Downtown Port Seize Almost $830,000 in U.S. Currency bound for Mexico
The cost of gas these days. Another creative smuggler, but not creative enough. CBP reports on a recent bulk cash smuggling…
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CBP Currency Seizures in Philadelphia for Violations of the Currency Reporting Regulations
CBP in Philadelphia has really stepped up their news releases concerning currency seizures. Recently, there is a new release which I quote…
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$61k CBP Currency Seizure at Washington Dulles
CBP officers and HSI agents at Washington Dulles International Airport seized more than $60,000 from a Gambian national after a…
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CBP-Detroit Currency Seizures Exceed $5 million for 2013
CBP in Detroit — my home port — reported that currency seizure enforcement is up 24% in value over the…
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Baltimore Customs Seizes $16,000 in Unreported Money
A currency seizure news release out of Boston — well, Baltimore Washington International Airport — presents a case that is…
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What happens to money and property seized by Customs?
Once U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes your money or property it can eventually be forfeited (lost forever to the…
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Trademark Infringement: Importing Gray Market Goods and Seizure by Customs
Importers purchasing products from abroad may find that they bought more than they bargained for if the merchandise bears a…
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Responding to a Customs currency seizure
If CBP has seized your cash at an airport or border crossing, the decisions you make in the days and…
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Customs’ seizes T-Rex skull in Jackson, Wyoming as part of ongoing investigation
CBP officers in Jackson, Wyoming executed a federal warrant to seize the skull of a Tarbosaurus from a private residence…