In 1997 it hired Britain's Crown Agents to run the customs service for three years.
One container held 2, 000 AK-47 assault rifles made in China, according to the U.S. Customs Service.
But the latest move by the Russian customs service is making even hardened expatriates blench.
SOLDIERS, politicians and priests have all had their chance to reform Ecuador's rotten customs service.
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With that in mind, the Customs Service says it's working to streamline the process while still ensuring security.
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David Cohen, former Chief of Staff to Director Ray Kelly, U.S. Customs Service.
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U.S. Customs Service spokesman Jim Michie said the agency had no data on the delay times at various crossings.
The drug began appearing in the United States in the early 1990s, testified John Varrone of the U.S. Customs Service.
On an April morning in 1995, U.S. Customs Service agents raided 40 spy stores in 24 cities across the country.
"Historically, foreign wine has had to face a strong domestic-wine lobby, " says Pat Jones, an agent with the U.S. Customs Service.
The Coast Guard, Customs Service, Secret Service and Federal Emergency Management Agency would be among the agencies folded into the new department.
Among the agencies represented were the FBI, Secret Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Customs Service, Coast Guard, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
In the southern town of Gjirokaster, old sympathisers of Mr Berisha who lost jobs in the customs service have attacked government buildings.
It identified four areas as a priority for a clean-up: the health insurance fund, the customs service, the prosecutor's office and the judiciary.
He left the customs service in 1979, at the age of 58, and entered into a four-decade long late-flowering career as an artist.
Smaller parts of the state apparatus find it hard to assert themselves against some of the big and powerful ones, such as the customs service.
It is common knowledge that political parties use their patronage of jobs in the customs service to ensure a flow of cash into party coffers.
SRI's director, had increased tax collection by 42% between 2000 and 2001, and the government hoped she could do the same for the customs service.
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Maher is scheduled to testify at a hearing Tuesday along with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Jane Henney, U.S. Customs Service Commissioner Raymond Kelly and others.
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The U.S. Customs Service has increased scrutiny of people crossing into the country in response to the latest alert, but officials did not expect significant border delays.
Other federal agencies such as the U.S. Customs Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation use dogs to find contraband, cocaine or criminals.
The new department would oversee functions now dispersed among more than two dozen agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Customs Service and the Border Patrol.
The U.S. Customs Service said the added scrutiny is not an overreaction to threats of terrorism, but the result of following procedures during a heightened state of alert.
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Their work includes meeting arcane record-keeping requirements on workers' pay and conditions, and getting the right stamps on the right bits of paper for the sleepy customs service.
To get a better handle on how many U.S. dollars are outside of the U.S., the U.S. Customs Service tracks information on cross-border flows through its Currency and Monetary Instrument Reports (CMIR).
In one operation, spot-checks by the FDA and the U.S. Customs Service found that 88 percent of drugs imported into the country by mail or courier violated federal safety standards in some way.
In the print-shop case, the Westminster police and the U.S. Customs Service arrested 15 men and seized an industrial printing press, a shrink-wrap machine and crate upon crate of illegitimate Windows 95 documentation.
Bolivia to consolidate customs service with neighboors.
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"Everything we have our hands on -- we're going to examine it closely, scrutinize the paperwork and ensure ourselves the product and the truck are in compliance with all laws, " said Customs Service Director of Field Operations Kevin Weeks.
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