31 U.S.C. § 5332 : US Code - Section 5332: Bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States

Search 31 U.S.C. § 5332 : US Code - Section 5332: Bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States

(a) Criminal Offense. -
(1) In general. - Whoever, with the intent to evade a currency
reporting requirement under section 5316, knowingly conceals more
than $10,000 in currency or other monetary instruments on the
person of such individual or in any conveyance, article of
luggage, merchandise, or other container, and transports or
transfers or attempts to transport or transfer such currency or
monetary instruments from a place within the United States to a
place outside of the United States, or from a place outside the
United States to a place within the United States, shall be
guilty of a currency smuggling offense and subject to punishment
pursuant to subsection (b).
(2) Concealment on person. - For purposes of this section, the
concealment of currency on the person of any individual includes
concealment in any article of clothing worn by the individual or
in any luggage, backpack, or other container worn or carried by
such individual.
(b) Penalty. -
(1) Term of imprisonment. - A person convicted of a currency
smuggling offense under subsection (a), or a conspiracy to commit
such offense, shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years.
(2) Forfeiture. - In addition, the court, in imposing sentence
under paragraph (1), shall order that the defendant forfeit to
the United States, any property, real or personal, involved in
the offense, and any property traceable to such property.
(3) Procedure. - The seizure, restraint, and forfeiture of
property under this section shall be governed by section 413 of
the Controlled Substances Act.
(4) Personal money judgment. - If the property subject to
forfeiture under paragraph (2) is unavailable, and the defendant
has insufficient substitute property that may be forfeited
pursuant to section 413(p) of the Controlled Substances Act, the
court shall enter a personal money judgment against the defendant
for the amount that would be subject to forfeiture.
(c) Civil Forfeiture. -
(1) In general. - Any property involved in a violation of
subsection (a), or a conspiracy to commit such violation, and any
property traceable to such violation or conspiracy, may be seized
and forfeited to the United States.
(2) Procedure. - The seizure and forfeiture shall be governed
by the procedures governing civil forfeitures in money laundering
cases pursuant to section 981(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States
Code.
(3) Treatment of certain property as involved in the offense. -
For purposes of this subsection and subsection (b), any currency
or other monetary instrument that is concealed or intended to be
concealed in violation of subsection (a) or a conspiracy to
commit such violation, any article, container, or conveyance
used, or intended to be used, to conceal or transport the
currency or other monetary instrument, and any other property
used, or intended to be used, to facilitate the offense, shall be
considered property involved in the offense.