Category: Smuggling
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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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Customs Seizes Nearly $226K
A new bulk cash smuggling case out of Yuma sector/California. This is different from the Customs seizures of currency our…
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Money Seized, Smuggling Prevented by CBP in Yuma
CBP is reporting on a story of a bulk cash smuggling seizure of $25,000 in Arizona. Coincidentally, we are in…
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Chinese Honey Seized in Houston for Antidumping Duty Evasion
We previously wrote about the dangers of not knowing your supply chain, conducting due diligence, and how inadvertently buying goods…
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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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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 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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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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“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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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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Yet Another Seizure of Cash by Customs
This is a customs money seizure news release trifecta, where customs is reporting about some failed cash smuggling attempts — that…
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CBP Seized $109K in Unreported Funds
On the tails of our last currency seizure post (here) comes this story about an elderly Yuma, Arizona man concealing a…
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Customs Detention and Inspection for Smuggling
There are several reasons why imported merchandise might undergo a customs detention. Visit our page explaining the detention process and…
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Customs Seizes $410k from Traveler leaving United States
CBP officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry arrested a man after discovering more than $410,000 in cash concealed…
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U.S. Customs Money Seizure Story; $145,000 Confiscated
CBP officers and Border Patrol agents at the Bridge of the Americas crossing in El Paso seized $146,070 in currency…
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CBP at JFK Seizes Cocaine in Meat
Customs seized over 7lbs of cocaine from a man who apparently tried to smuggle it into the United States by…
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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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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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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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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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$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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CBP in Southern Arizona Seizes $100K In Cash
The currency reporting requirements were designed, in part, to give the government additional abilities to catch people involved in money…