Tag: border search
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$25K Currency Seizure at Philadelphia International Airport
This is the second such story from Philadephia about Russian’s and the Philadelphia airport, the first one I commented on…
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Currency Seizures by U.S. Customs Increase on the Holidays
The holidays always seem to be ripe for currency seizures by U.S. Customs & Border Protection because of the increased…
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CBP Seizes $205,500 in Unreported Money
As reported by CBP in a recent news release: Lukeville, Ariz. – Two Mexican nationals were arrested Monday for attempting…
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$61k CBP Currency Seizure at Washington Dulles
Recently, at Washington’s Dulles Airport, CBP seized over $60,000 that was mis-reported to Customs by a Gambian national and concealed…
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CBP-Detroit Currency Seizures Exceed $5 million for 2013
Customs in Detroit, my “home” port, reports that enforcement of currency reporting violations are up 24% in terms of value…
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$19,000 money seizures by Customs in Philadelphia
It’s nice to see news releases about things other than currency seizures that occur at the U.S.-Mexican border involving bulk…
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Currency smuggler tries laundering money
Pardon the clever title, but a news release from U.S. Customs & Border Protection tells the tale of a man…
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Baltimore Customs Seizes $16,000 in Unreported Money
Another currency seizure news release from Boston, which is reported here. As can be seen by the facts, the reason for…
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San Juan CBP Seizes $43,000 in Unreported Money
CBP reports on recent current seizures in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, in part stating: U.S. Customs and Border…
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Baltimore CBP Seizes Over $11K in Unreported Money/Currency
A May15th news release from Customs & Border Protection details a recent money seizure in Baltimore. The release says that…
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Customs seizure of smuggled money in Arizona
A news release from Customs & Border Protection goes into some detail on a recent money seizure in Arizona. The release…
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Commentary on CBP money seizures in Philly
There is an interesting news release from CBP about some money seizures in Philadelphia that goes beyond the usual “facts-only” narrative style and…
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Customs seizes unreported money at border crossing
Two Mexican national women were trying to exit the U.S. at a port and enter Mexico when they were suspected…
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Customs Money Seizure of $175,000 in Unreported Currency at Port
As reported recently by U.S. Customs & Border Protection: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting outbound inspections selected a…
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Customs Money Seizure of $376,510
Customs & Border Protection discusses a recent money seizure in a news release available by clicking HERE. This time it was a…
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CBP Seizes Money at Texas Port of Entry
We bring these cases to our reader’s attention not because many honest people find themselves with thousands of dollars hidden…
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Bulk Cash Smuggling; Customs Currency Seizure
Arizona news is reporting that a Mexican national was caught trying to smuggle $90,000 in U.S. currency. The individual transporting the…
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U.S. Customs Money Seizure of $460,000 in Smuggled Currency
CBP reports that a money smuggling attempt in Nogales, Arizona, was stopped. This story looks similar in dollar amount —…
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U.S. Customs money seizure in Maine
The Bangor Daily News out of Maine reports on some noteworthy monetary instruments seizures in 2012 by U.S. Customs, including this…
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U.S. Customs currency seizures at the ports
As should be expected because of the shared border with Mexico, Laredo news has reports of two other significantly large…
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Getting back money seized by U.S. Customs when overseas
In the CBP Money Seizure Lawyer’s Guide to Recovering Seized Cash, we explain how U.S. Customs may seize your cash…
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Customs seizes $25,000 currency in El Paso, Texas
The El Paso Times reports on a recent currency seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in El Paso, Texas,…
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Responding to a Customs currency seizure
If you have had cash seized by customs and are contemplating what to do next, please inform yourself on the…
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Seizure for bulk cash smuggling into or out of the U.S.
Many posts in this series have dealt with how and why Customs will seize currency and monetary instruments crossing the border…