International Customs

WELLINGTON: Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has declared that it is time for the Australian carrier to "get...

Oman’s Central Bank honors Nizwa with commemorative coin

MUSCAT: Central Bank of Oman has honored Nizwa with a silver commemorative coin, that depicting the logo of this occasion....

Airbus seeks to sell A400M Airlifter in 2015

VICTORIA: Airbus Defense & Space's executive vice president of marketing and sales, Christian Scherer said that he expects an export...

Ten drug traffickers from Mexico plead guilty in Laredo federal court

TEXAS: Prison sentences are handed down to 12 drug traffickers in a Laredo Federal Court. Ten of the 12 defendants...

124 pounds marijuana seized in US at Presidio Port of Entry

PRESIDO: US Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers seized 124 pounds of marijuana at the Presidio port...

Philippine: BOC, Navy seize 131,000 sacks of imported rice valued P100 million in Sulu

MANILA: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Navy seized 131,000 sacks of imported rice valued at P100 million...

SON, ANCLA join together control import of sub-standard goods in Nigeria

ABUJA: The importation of fake and sub-standard goods into the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigerian (SON) and National Association...

1,900 pounds marijuana worth $1.5 million seized in US

RIO GRANDE CITY: US Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,900 pounds of marijuana as a result of three drug...

US: former guard sent to jail for 4 years in drug smuggling case

LANCASTER: A former guard at a state prison in Southern California has been pleaded no contest to smuggling drugs and...

US imports, exports fall, coal production increases in 3Q 2014

WASHINGTON: US coal production in the third quarter of 2014 totaled 255.3 million, a 3.9% increase over the previous quarter...

ICCI, B20 business leaders call for G20 to prioritize trade, infrastructure policies

JEDDAH: Chief Executive Officers from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) G20 CEO Advisory Group participated in B20 policy consultations...

100 tonnes of contraband case: Argentina accuses former spymaster of smuggling

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s government accused a former spymaster and close collaborator of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, along with others, of importing...

US federal agents seize $3 million marijuana, discover sophisticated smuggling tunnel

NACO ARIZ: Federal agents continue to investigate discovery of a sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel uncovered overnight in Naco, following a...

Jamaica: Cornell police arrest man with 250 bags of heroin

ABUJA: Cornell University Police arrested a man from Jamaica they accuse of possessing 250 bags of heroin. A Cornell police...

21 HSBC branches closed in Brazil during financial crices

SÃO PAULO: HSBC Holdings PLC closed 21 branches across Brazil last year amid tepid economic activity in the Latin America...

Nigerian LCCI tasks CBN to generate N200 billion refinancing facility

LAGOS: The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has tasked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce a...

Canada fails to pay $250 million to US customs for Detroit-Windsor plaza

OTTAWA: The Canadian government has failed to get Washington to pay the roughly $250-million needed to build a US Customs...

US customs seizes 9.26 pounds meth worth $222,240 at El Paso Port

TEXAS: US Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized...

E.On divests its Italian solar power business to F2i SGR

ROME: E.On has sold its Italian solar power business to the private infrastructure investment fund manager F2i SGR. F2i has...

1,300 tonnes of expired soda seized in Burkina Faso