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• CBP in Los Angeles Seizes Volkswagen Bus Stolen 35 Years Ago

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  Customs and Border Protection officials have seized a 1965 Volkswagen Bus that was reported stolen in Spokane, Wash., in 1974. On October 19, while examining a container scheduled to be exported to the Netherlands, CBP officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex discovered the vehicle. After ...
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• Conservative blasphemy project (CBP)

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 532
  Robert Parham at Ethics Daily systematically strips Andy Schlafly’s Conservative Bible Project (CBP) of pretense, unmasking one false assertion after another, drilling unerringly down to its core hypocrisy:Regrettably, Schlafly hasn’t allowed the Bible to speak to him — a well-worn Christian practice of studying ...
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• CBP Extends Comment Period for Proposal on Internal Revenue Excise Tax Drawback

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) published a document in the Federal Register (74 FR 52928) on October 15, 2009, proposing to amend Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations to preclude the filing of substitution drawback claims for internal revenue excise tax paid on imported merchandise in situations where ...
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• Operation ATLAS: Targeting Illegal Cash Couriers Worldwide

  
  The Blog @ Homeland Security — Authority: 129
  Today Secretary Napolitano and World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya joined together in Brussels to announce the results of an unprecedented international law enforcement operation that led to the seizure of more than $3.5 million in smuggled cash over a five day period. Dubbed Operation ATLAS ...
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• CBP Seizes Video Game Machines at Los Angeles Seaport

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On November 2, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officials announced the seizure of a shipment containing 168 coin-operated video game machines for violating intellectual property rights. The shipment had a total domestic value of $138,000 and a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $672,000. CBP ...
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• Baltimore CBP Helps Counter D.C.-Area Motorcycle Theft Ring

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  Baltimore’s Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officers helped put an end to a motorcycle theft ring and recovered eight motorcycles stolen from Maryland and Virginia. The last two motorcycles — a 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750 reported stolen from Montgomery County, Md., and a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R600 reported stolen from ...
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• Baltimore CBP Helps Break D.C.-Area Motorcycle Theft Ring

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  Baltimore’s Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officers helped put an end to a motorcycle theft ring and recovered eight motorcycles stolen from Maryland and Virginia. The last two motorcycles — a 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750 reported stolen from Montgomery County, Md., and a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R600 reported stolen from ...
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• A Global Injustice

  
  The Blog @ Homeland Security — Authority: 129
  Human Trafficking is a crime that isnt limited by the borders of a country or the culture of a society or community. It has ballooned into an organized, international practice that robs men, women, and children of the opportunity to pursue their own potential. Now, chances are that you dont think you know a family ...
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• CBP Agriculture Specialists in Florida Halt Dangerous Pests

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  During October, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) agriculture specialists at Port Everglades made numerous interceptions of pests within shipments at the port. On Oct. 5, during a routine cargo container inspection, agriculture specialists at Port Everglades intercepted a weevil within a shipment of fresh ...
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• President Signs Switchblade Act Amendment into Law

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 627
  President Signs Switchblade Act Amendment into Law KnifeRights.org Washington, DC - -(AmmoLand.com)- The President has signed into law the FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that includes a new exception to the Federal Switchblade Act protecting our assisted and one-hand opening pocket knives. ...
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• CBP in Miami Seizes Sunglasses for Infringing Trademarks

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On October 23, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officers at the Miami seaport seized 97 parcels containing sunglasses and reading glasses with infringing trademarks of brands such as Christian Dior, XOXO, Chanel, D&G, and Burberry. The shipments had a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of nearly ...
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• The Very Curious Case of Mr. Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson

  
  The Sirens Chronicles — Authority: 428
  Some news stories raise more questions than they answer. Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson, the Juarez Ombudsman for the Human Rights Commission of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, was released October 21 from one of the Department of Homeland Security’s detention facilities after six days of detention. On October 15, ...
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• CBP in Otay Mesa Blocks Shipment of Broomcorn, Intercepts Pest

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) at the Otay Mesa cargo port intercepted a prohibited item and an actionable pest that could potentially cause harm to U.S. agriculture. Early this month, CBP agriculture specialists at the Otay Mesa cargo facility encountered a shipment manifested as cut flowers and ...
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• CBP Creates “Electronic Reading Room” for Documents

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On October 23, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) launched improvements in Web-based technology intended to increase public access to agency records and documents. The upgraded CBP Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room will feature records and documents formerly only available through FOIA ...
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• CBP Proposes Rule Changes to Statistical Sampling

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) is proposing to amend its regulations on the use of statistical sampling in CBP audits and prior disclosure cases and the use of offsetting in audits. Interested persons may submit comments on or before December 21. Statistical sampling has been utilized in CBP audits for ...
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• New NEXUS Enrollment Center To Open in Maine

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) is opening a new NEXUS Enrollment Center in Calais, Maine. Effective October 27, the hours of operation will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The NEXUS program allows pre-screened, low-risk travelers to be processed with less delay by United States ...
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• New NEXUS Enrollment Center To Open in Maine

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) is opening a new NEXUS Enrollment Center in Calais, Maine. Effective October 27, the hours of operation will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The NEXUS program allows pre-screened, low-risk travelers to be processed with less delay by United States ...
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• Baltimore CBP Hops on Bamboo Scarecrow Threat

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  A shipment of bunny scarecrows from Hong Kong was destroyed on October 20, by its importer after the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) determined that the bamboo stakes posed a threat to American agriculture. “Our concern is that the disease and insect pests hitchhiking inside the bamboo could pose a ...
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• Amistad Dam Port of Entry to be Closed Oct. 26 - Oct. 30

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) announced that the Amistad Dam port of entry in Del Rio, Texas will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30. The port will re-open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 31. The closure is the result of the International ...
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• Congress Passes NRA-Backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknives

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 627
  Congress Passes NRA-Backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknives National Rifle Association Washington, DC - - (AmmoLand.com) - Back in June, we reported on a proposed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rule change that would have expanded the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 to include spring-assisted or ...
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