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Jewelry Seizure for Failure to Declare; Chicago Customs

Jewelry Seizure for Failure to Declare; Chicago Customs

Recently, customs in Chicago made a large seizure of jewelry from an arriving passenger for a failure to declare jewelry that was purchased abroad. The full story, which I quote below, is a lesson in the penalties for violations of 19 USC 1497, which is the law that allows seizures and penalties for a passenger’s failure to declare imported merchandise.

This failure to declare will prove to be a…

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Importing Counterfeits - Customs Seizures & Penalties; Part 1

Importing Counterfeits – Customs Seizures & Penalties; Part 1

Often, people and businesses can knowingly or unknowingly import counterfeit merchandise into the United States. The majority of these types of importations we encounter for clients are Internet purchases from China, such as purses, videos/DVDs, guitars, clothing,  electronics and accessories, but they can really be any type of product and from any country. Sometimes people know the merchandise…

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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, which included the following nugget about currency seizures performed by customs. Most of these customs currency seizures…

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