Detroit CBP Confiscated $459,000 from 25 Travelers in October

Posted by Jason P. Wapiennik on
Chart of Cash Seizures from CBP Data Portal

In October, at the start of CBP’s fiscal year, Detroit customs officers confiscated a total of $42,000 from two different travelers (or sets of travelers), as detailed below:

But is that all CBP seized in October 2024? Hardly. At CBP’s Data Portal, you can pull stats for currency seizures and if you look at that data, CBP confiscated almost a half-million dollars in October 2024. Here is screenshot:

Chart of Cash Seizures from CBP Data Portal

That seems like a lot. Seriously, a lot. The filter “inbound/outbound” would lead me to believe this is truly all for currency reporting violations by international travelers. CBP ends up conducting seizure and forfeiture proceedings of money for other government and state agencies, but this would appear to not include those numbers. If true, wow.

In October, there were 25 seizure events. That means, on average, CBP seized $18,360 from the travelers.

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