Tag: CBP
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CBP Buffalo Seizes $144,733 Cash
During fiscal year 2017, CBP in Buffalo reports they seized cash from a total of 10 people, and a total…
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Boston CBP Seizes Cash Sewn into Pants
CBP officers at Boston’s Logan airport seized nearly $30,000 from a man who was returning from Israel. The story, detailed…
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Houston CBP Seizes $100K Cash from Travelers
It’s been almost a year since CBP reported on Houston airport cash seizures (the last story is here), even though…
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CBP Seizes Guns & Money to Mexico
Guns, money, and and lawyers; the first two items are what this disjointed story from CBP is about, and the…
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CBP Seizes Money Going into Mexico
Here’s a quick story about a money seizure that happened when someone was going into Mexico earlier this week.CBP seized…
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CBP at JFK Seizes Cocaine in Beef Patties
We have our first stupid smuggling attempt of 2017. In a story similar to one we blogged about 3 years…
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Detroit Metro Airport CBP Seize $59,451 Cash
Finally, a CBP cash seizure press release from my own home port of Detroit that happened at Detroit Metropolitan Airport,…
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Structured Cash Seized by CBP Detroit
Last week, CBP posted another round of notices of seizure and intents to forfeit on their website, forfeiture.gov. Among the…
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CBP officers seize bulk $68,422 smuggled to Mexico
CBP seized about $70,000 from two U.S. citizens who were heading into Mexcio in what must be drug money being…
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CBP Confiscates $57,691 in Cash at Veterans International Bridge
CBP seized almost $60,000 in currency from a two Mexican citizens leaving the United States last Wednesday at the Veteran’s…
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Threatened by CBP to abandon cash
Based on our sources, I have come to the belief that a good chunk of the notices of seizure and…
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CBP Seizes $44k from Couple Flying to Ghana
What happens when you’re going to Ghana and you don’t declare your cash to CBP? Your cash is a Goner!…
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CBP Detroit Cash Forfeitures for 7-29-16
Last Friday’s notice of seizure and intent to forfeit for U.S. Customs & Border Protection featured 3 currency seizures that…
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CBP Seizes Cash Stashed in Truck in Nogales
Back in June, CBP made a big bust of $145,000 in “unreported” currency that was concealed in a vehicle’s rear…
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$22K Currency Seized by CBP enroute to Serbia
Dulles strictly enforces the bulk cash smuggling and structuring guidelines (to my knowledge, not publicly available and not published in…
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CBP Cash Seizure Chicago O’Hare Airport
On April 12, 2016, some poor soul in Chicago had over $16,000 currency seized at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. For…
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Incomplete Checks Seized by CBP in Detroit
On May 10, someone at the land border between Detroit and Canada attempted to bring into or leave the country…
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Prepaid Card Seizure & CBP Reporting Requirement
On Forbes the other day, I read an interesting article about prepaid debit cards getting seized.The story is about Oklahoma…
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Detroit CBP Seizes $680k in Counterfeit Championship Rings
CBP at Detroit Metro Airport seized $680,000 worth of counterfeit championship rings that were being imported into the United States…
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Amending a customs declaration? No baloney!
An interesting story about a seizure for meat (bologna/baloney) from Mexico presents an opportunity for me to talk about amending…
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CBP Seizes Counterfeit Checks for Chicago
CBP in Philadelphia seized counterfeit traveler’s checks with a face value of $33,000 on May 25th, which were destined for…
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Timid Smuggler Has Cash Seized by CBP
Here is another story about cash seized by CBP. In this case, the amount seized is almost $150,000. CBP made…
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CBP Money Seizure Techniques
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), among its many missions and responsibilities, tries to stop the flow of illegal goods…
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$200k Money Seizure in Texas by CBP
CBP officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized more than $200,000 in cash hidden inside the body panels…
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Virgin Islands CBP Cash Seizure Nets $145k
A Virgin Islands CBP Cash Seizure occurred in what would be unusual circumstances for average client of our customs law…