On August 20, 2008, the Washington Post reported in an article entitled " Citizen's U.S. Border Crossings Tracked: Data From Checkpoints To Be kept for 15 Years" that Customs and Border Protection has been "using its system of...
Donald Hatch entered into a plea agreement for export violations involving night vision equipment. Why question his intelligence? Well, first the company's website os reported to state that all shipments are made as gifts and are...
Any traveler to the United States should prepare to be without their laptop, cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, iPod, MP3, and other electronic equipment. In addition, any traveler to the United States should make back up copies...
Most people would laugh at the words "customs officers" and sensitivity training" in the same sentence. They are not a group known for being "sensitive". Well, the Canada Border Services...
On July 31, 2008, two tobacco companies, (1) Rothmans Benson and Hedges ("Rothmans") and (2) Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. ("Imperial") ended cases going back 8 years relating to the cross-border smuggling of tobacco products. A...
News Release
Enhanced driver’s licences concern Canada’s privacy guardians
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudsmen
VICTORIA, February 5, 2008 – Plans to ...
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) changed is a program in which it tested containers for fumigant and solvent levels before allowing officers to enter them for inspection purposes. The program was originally put in place two...
On July 16, 2008, CBP published a policy statement regarding how its officers are to conduct themselves when dealing with searches of laptops, PDAs and other electronic devices. See...
Customs and Border Protection has released an updated draft of the ABI and AMS data sets for submission of the Importer Security Filing, commonly called 10 + 2. According to Customs' posting, these updates are the result of both...
It is disheartening to read in Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper (and all other major Canadian new sources) that a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) border officer was arrested for taking $20,000 to let through a Quebec...
On June 17, 2008, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that Canada and Japan will be placing border officers at key strategic locations in each other's country by the end of 2008. This...
The Clagary Sun reported on July 4, 2008 that "Montana Sen. Jon Tester says Americans don't want border security issues to hamper trade with Canada ...people told them they wanted a safe international border, but not at the...
On June 28, 2008, the CBSA signed an arrangement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding the mutual recognition of Canada's Partners in Protection program and the U.S. C-TPAT program. Partners in Protection (PIP)...
U.S. Customs established the C-TPAT program right after the events of 9/11. Since then, the World Customs Organization has adopted the AEO program. American traders, exporters in particular, have been after the U.S. to find a way...
A major focus for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been employer sanctions. Any time ICE conducts a raid, it selects the company to "visit" based on reliable information which leads the agency to believe individuals...
Relying on the authority of the 1950 Defense Production Act, the Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security has been asked by the Naval Air Command to assess the scope and impact of counterfeit electronics on U.S. supply...
