International Customs

PARIS: The cigarettes were seized on Sunday, March 1, when as a result of routine profiling customs officers searched an...

Rice exports to push as Thailand offloads grain from its stockpiles

BANGKOK: India's rice exports will struggle to compete with cheaper cargoes from No.1 seller Thailand in 2015 as Bangkok looks...

2,050 ammo rounds seized in Manchester, 4 arrested

MANCHESTER: Four people are now in police custody following the seizure of 2,050 rounds of ammunition on the Grove Place...

US woman sentenced jail for drug smuggling in Japan

NEW YORK: A 26-year-old American woman has been jailed on drug smuggling charges in Japan after her mother mailed her...

900 grams meth smuggling case: Mexican sent in federal prison for five years

MEXICO CITY: A Mexican man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for smuggling nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine...

Cuban human smuggler woman sent to jail for 3 years in US

MIAMI: A woman involved in a Cuban human smuggling ring that included baseball players such as Texas Rangers outfielder Leonys...

Brazilian top soft drink bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA planning to rise invests up to $200M

BRASILIA: Mexico's Coca-Cola FEMSA is looking to move forward with a $200 million investment to increase operations in Brazil. Coca-Cola...

CBSA charges foreign national in immigration fraud under IRPA

TORONTO: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Criminal Investigations Unit has laid one charge against Anderson Nosa Faluyi, 39, following...

US LPG exports rise 61% to reach 194.87mn bl in 2014: EIA

HOUSTON: US LPG exports surged by 61pc in 2014 to total 194.87mn bl, up 73.8mn bl from the year prior,...

Argentina: Buenos Aires port predicted to grow 1.6% to 10.58mn tonnes in 2015

BUENOS AIRES: Total tonnage volume at the port of Buenos Aires is set to increase by 1.6% in 2015, to...

114 kg cocaine seized at Kingston container terminal in Jamaica

KINGSTON: Local law-enforcement netted a big catch when they made the largest cocaine seizure to date this year, after 114...

Outdated, counterfeit food and drugs sold openly in Guyana market

GEORGETOWN: All sorts of stories have circulated about the practice of offering expired and counterfeit brands of food and drugs...

HIA to control air freight network with new full-freighter service to Brazil

BRASILIA: A major air cargo carrier at Huntsville International Airport says it is expanding its controlled air freight network with...

Dubai Customs to sponsor C5’s Forum on Trade Compliance

DUBAI: Dubai Customs will sponsor the C5's Forum on Trade Compliance in the Middle East, to be hosted in Dubai...

Dutch chipmaker NXP agrees to buy Freescale Semiconductor for $40b

AMSTERDAM: Dutch chip maker NXP Semiconductors NV has agreed to buy smaller peer Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. and merge operations in...

European Commission launches infringement procedure against Hungry for not complying with regulations

BRUSSELS: The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary on charges that the country’s energy regulations fail to...

Philippines bureau of internal revenue grows by 9.64% in 2014

MANILA: Philippines bureau of internal revenue has grown by 9.64% in 2014 but could not achieve its target. The BIR...

German carmaker BMW announces to hire 8,000 new workers worldwide in 2015

BERLIN: German carmaker BMW announced that it will take on a record 8,000 new workers worldwide in light of its...

Afghanistan imports medicines, medical equipment worth $1 billion

KABUL: Directorate of Pharmaceutical Affairs and official statistics said that Afghanistan spends $1 billion annually on import of medicines and...

Sharjah Court sentences smuggler 11-year in prison, fines Dh50,000