Treasury regulations require that importing money in excess of $10,000 must be declared and may require licenses, as does exporting it. This is in dollars or foreign currency or other negotiable financial instrument due to requirements of anti-money laundering laws.
Provenza asks Kendall, "What news on the Rialto?" This is a line delivered by Shylock from Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice.
In the early 1990s tourists flying into south Florida and driving rental cars were targeted. Florida implemented many changes including stopping rental cars from being required to have noticeable stickers so as to try and stop the attacks. Among the victims were a British couple that led to it being an international story.
The murder at the beginning takes place in the same location as the murder at the beginning of Relative Matters (2011).