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Finnish capital loses up to €60M a year due to shadow economy
HELSINKI: The City of Helsinki loses roughly €60 million a year in tax revenue due to shadow economy activities, the...
US customs agent caught in drug smuggling case
NEW YORK: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent Johnny G. Acosta was arrested by Cochise Border Corruption Task Force. A...
Customs needs modern equipments to facilitate cargo entry into seaports
SAIPAN: CNMI Customs Director Joe C. Mafnas said they need modern equipment to facilitate the entry of cargo into local airports...
Bulgarian customs announces no queues at border checkpoint
SOFIA: Up to the present moment there are almost no queues at the Bulgarian border checkpoints. This is what Bulgaria’s...
HK customs foil bid to smuggle 16.9kg cocaine in Wan Chai
HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs officials seized a whopping 16.9 kilos of suspected cocaine – with an estimated street value of...
Zimra customs online clearance system faces challenges
HARARE: The movement of commercial cargo has relatively improved at most of the country's ports after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)...
Indian customs seizes 8kg Iranian saffron at Cochin airport
NEW DELHI: Customs officials at the Cochin International Airport here on Tuesday seized about eight kilograms of Iranian saffron approximately...
Nigerian customs collects N1 trillion revenue last year
ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has realised N1 trillion as revenue from the services in 2014, which it projected to...
Vietnamese container ports top 2014 growth
HANOI: Alphaliner’s latest top 30 container ports list shows Vietnamese ports experienced the strongest growth in 2014. Volumes handled at Ho...
EU-Ukraine free trade agreement progresses
KIEV: Representatives of the EU, Ukraine, and Russia have met to discuss the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement/ Deep...
GE puts Australia commercial-lending business on block
CANBERRA: General Electric Co. is starting a process to sell its US$5 billion Australia commercial-lending operation, according to people familiar...
Australia jails Iraqi people-smuggler for 10 years
CANBERRA: An Iraqi man was today sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Australian court after pleading guilty to...
World Bank transfers $77 million to Palestine
CANBERRA: The World Bank said in a press release that the money, provided by Norway, Australia, Japan, Kuwait and Britain...
New Zealand fails to deliver promised budget surplus
WELLINGTON: New Zealand (AP) " New Zealand's government on Thursday blamed low inflation for its failure to deliver a promised...
NZ migration rises to new annual record in April
WELLINGTON: New Zealand migration rose to a new annual record in April, as more students arrived from India and China...
NZ economy growing but tax slips
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's economic growth will slow over the next four years but the unemployment rate is expected to drop...
Japan shares set fresh 15-year high
TOKYO: Japanese shares hit a new 15-year high on Thursday on hopes that its long-moribund economy was finally coming to...
Japan’s growth in domestic solar shipments slows in 2014
TOKYO: The growth in Japan’s domestic shipments of solar modules slowed to 7.8 percent last fiscal year after more than...
Japan buys 116,905 tonnes food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 116,905 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States, Canada...
Audi Korea releases latest versions of A6 and A7
SEOUL: Audi Korea, the local importer of the German auto brand Audi, introduced a total of five facelift models in...
