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Archive Blog

Don’t Buy Fake: Help Us Combat Counterfeits

The holiday shopping season is about to begin and retailers everywhere will roll out bargains online and in stores. For CBP, this annual spike in commercial activity means that we are busier than ever at our 328 land, air, and sea ports of entry because in addition to terrorist threats, protecting our economic security as well as the health and safety of the public are top priorities.

Scientific Method: CBP’s Laboratories and Scientific Services

Eighty-one years ago this month, the U.S. Customs Service – one of the legacy agencies that later formed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) – brought together the nine Bureau of Customs Laboratories that had been administratively managed by regional Customs Appraisers. The new organization, called the Division of Laboratories, reported directly to Customs Headquarters.

TFTEA – One Year Later

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s complex border security mission includes protecting our nation’s economic vitality through both trade enforcement and facilitation. One year ago, on February 24, 2016, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) was signed into law.

CBP: Protecting Super Bowl LI

On February 5, a great American tradition returns to the gridiron in the form of Super Bowl LI – the 51st National Football League championship. The New England Patriots will meet the Atlanta Falcons at the NRG Stadium in Houston in a matchup expected to draw nearly 140,000 visitors and millions of television viewers around the world.

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Slavery and Human Trafficking Month

Every day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) combats transnational criminal organizations who smuggle narcotics and other contraband as well as those that engage in immigration fraud and counterfeiting. These networks often take years to disrupt and dismantle.

Human trafficking is no different, because it is also an organized, highly profitable criminal enterprise.