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FAQ: Bulk Cash Smuggling

Combating Bulk Cash Smuggling

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is the largest investigative agency in the Department of Homeland Security. ICE HSI enforces a wide array of laws, including those related to financial crime, trade fraud, counterfeiting and cash smuggling.

In recent years, the smuggling of bulk currency has become a preferred method for drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises to move illicit proceeds across our borders.

Congress criminalized the act of smuggling large amounts of cash as part of the PATRIOT Act.

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