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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 ...
  2 days ago

• Baltimore CBP Helps Counter D.C.-Area Motorcycle Theft Ring

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 142
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• 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 ...
  6 days ago

• President Signs Switchblade Act Amendment into Law

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 624
  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. ...
  1 week ago

• 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 ...
  1 week ago

• The Very Curious Case of Mr. Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson

  
  The Sirens Chronicles — Authority: 429
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• 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: 142
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Congress Passes NRA-Backed Legislation Protecting Pocketknives

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 624
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• CBP Announces Next COAC Meeting

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) will meet on November 4, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The meeting will be open to the public. COAC is tasked with providing advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of U.S. ...
  2 weeks ago

• CBP Installs Radiation Portal Monitors in Lake Charles

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) recently unveiled the first radiation portal monitors (RPM) at the Port of Lake Charles . These tools are designed to detect radiation found in materials used in radiological and nuclear devices that might be smuggled into the United States. “RPMs are just one component ...
  2 weeks ago

• Solution to Customs’ Pocket Knife Grab Passes The House & Senate

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 624
  U. S. Senate’s Solution to Customs’ Pocket Knife Grab Passes The House and Senate The U. S. Senate’s Solution to Customs’ proposal to ban assisted-opening, one-hand-opening and other folding knives has passed in both the House and the Senate. Next step – the President’s desk! American Knife & ...
  2 weeks ago

• We Stopped Custom’s Pocket Knife Grab

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 624
  We Stopped Custom’s Pocket Knife Grab KnifeRights.org Washington, Dc – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Senate has passed the conference report for the fiscal year 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill with our amendment to the Federal Switchblade Act intact. The bill will now be sent to the President for ...
  2 weeks ago

• CBP Seizes 3 Million Pieces of Counterfeit Party Supplies

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  On October 16, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officials announced the seizure of more than 3.4 million pieces of party supplies with counterfeit trademarks. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the party supplies is more than $4.2 million, and they have an estimated domestic value of $120,064. ...
  2 weeks ago

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