All Entries Tagged With: "smugglers"
CBP Seizes 4.4 Million Counterfeit Marlboro Cigarettes at Seaport
Los Angeles – / N2N / - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) import specialists and officers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex intercepted and seized a shipment of counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes arriving from China with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $1.1 million. As an attempt to mislead CBP and circumvent U.S. [...]
CBP Year End Statistics
- / N2N / – During fiscal year 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection made significant progress through targeted operations, increases in staffing and training, additional infrastructure and better technology, along with the support of the President and Congress, to meet its border security mission, while facilitating legitimate travel and trade. All figures pertain to [...]
Operation ATLAS Targets Cash Smuggling
Brussels – / N2N / – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya today announced the preliminary results of Operation ATLAS—the largest multilateral operation in history targeting cash smugglers which took place from Oct. 26-30. More than 80 countries participated in Operation ATLAS (an acronym [...]
Border Patrol Agents Stop Backpack Smuggling Attempt in Arizona
Wellton, Ariz. / – N2N – / – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized several large bundles of marijuana Tuesday evening while tracking a group of suspected drug smugglers in a remote area of Arizona. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma sector’s forward operating base, Camp Grip, detected the entry of nine individuals approximately 30 [...]
