International Customs

KINGSTON:  Exporters of certain categories of processed food will no longer require a certificate to have their goods leave Jamaica....

JAKARTA:  Indonesia is set to go forward with plans to execute 7 foreign drug convicts after their appeals for presidential...

PARIS:  A court on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius sentenced a French woman convicted of drug smuggling to 20...

LAGOS: The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it surpassed its 2014 target by N400 billion or 9.32 per cent,...

NEW YORK:   Customs Service has tightened security at the Murtala Muhammad Airport Command to prevent possible importation of weapons...

MEXICO CITY: Mexico is not planning to extradite to the United States captured drug lord Joaquin Guzman because he will...

SAN DIEGO: US Customs and Border Protection officers conducting security operations at California's ports of entry with Mexico performed more...

TORONTO:  The Combating Counterfeit Products Act, received Royal Assent and became law on December 9, 2014. New civil prohibitions, amendments...

GUYANA: The navigation vessel that arrived from Suriname has been hidden 193kg of cocaine in it. The drugs were found...

ABUJA: The Comptroller-General of Customs, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi disclosed that the implementation of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) increased...

BRASALIA:  An estimated one million counterfeit Peppa Pig toys have been seized by custom officers across Brazil. Entertainment One Licensing...

ARIZONA:  Customs and Border Protection arrested two people and seized nearly $250,000 in methamphetamine in Nogales. In one encounter, authorities...

  MOSCOW: The central bank of Russia lowered interest rate to 15% from 17% on belief that the current inflation...

DOHA: Qatar Airways has acquired a 10% stake in International Airways Group, the parent company of British Airways, in the...

MUMBAI: The Indian government has asked tax officials to apply the principle behind a tax ruling in favour of Vodafone...

NAIROBI: The Government has flagged off 25,000 metric tonnes of subsidized fertiliser to be sold to farmers at low prices...

KATHMANDU: Sales of solar power systems have grown significantly in the past few years due to increasing load-shedding hours. The...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) forced an alleged drug kingpin and his cohorts to help destroy 1,900 pounds of...

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers seized a total of 3,999 Erimin-5 tablets during a routine check at Tuas...

ABUJA: Following the outbreak of Avian Influenza (bird flu) in some parts of the country, Customs authority in charge of...