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Fact Sheet for U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Country: USA

Contact: U.S. Customs and Border Protection1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NWSte. 6.5EWashington, DC 20229 United States

Homepage: http://cbp.gov

Comments: Preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel.

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Customs Seizes Over 200 Lbs of Pot at El Paso Border 5/21/13

EL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized 207 pounds of marijuana Monday. The estimated street value of the seized contraband is $165,600.“Smugglers filled most ... [Published CBS 7 - 2 hours ago]

Entities: El Paso (Texas, United States), US Customs and Border Protection, Contraband

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Russia Is Building Robots To 'Neutralize' Terrorists

Though it hasn't explained exactly how, the Russian government says it is building robots that will minimize casualties during terrorist attacks and engage terrorists directly.It’s hard to tell sometimes what’s real and what’s bluster in the world of ... [Published Popular Science - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Terrorists, Neutralize, Robotics

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

National Police Week: Customs and Border Protection Valor Memorial and Wreath Laying Ceremony

NEW ORLEANS, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:Yesterday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held the Valor Memorial and Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Woodrow Wilson Plaza in Washington, D.C. The ... [Published HighBeam Research - 3 hours ago]

Entities: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, Police, Woodrow Wilson, US Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

US Customs and Border Protection

Infrared sensors used along ‘entire border of the United State,’ says CBP

Government Security News: In a procurement document in which it disclosed its plans to purchase additional GS-100 Passive Infrared Sensors for use along the U.S.-Mexican border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated that the existing surveillance ... [Published I360 Gov - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Infrared, US Customs and Border Protection, Surveillance System

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Customs agents make big pot bust in Arizona

Nogales, Arizona, May 21 (EFE).- More than one ton of marijuana hidden in a truck entering the United States from Mexico was seized at the port of entry in Nogales, Arizona, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, said.An unidentified 44-year-old ... [Published EFE - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Nogales (United States), US Customs and Border Protection, Short Ton, Mexico

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

US Department of Homeland Security

CBP Detains Individual with Outstanding Warrant from Massachusetts

San Juan, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Puerto Rico identified on Saturday, May 18, 2013, a man with an outstanding warrant for controlled substance violations from the Fitchburg Police Department, Worcester County ... [Published U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - 5 hours ago]

Entities: US Customs and Border Protection, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Puerto Rico, US Department of Homeland Security

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 11 reports

Customs officers seize dead MONKEY and ELEPHANT meat at LAX in 'weird wildlife week'

Customs officers seize dead MONKEY and ELEPHANT meat at LAX in 'weird week for wildlife'By James Nye In one of their more unusual seizures, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have confiscated nearly half a pound of exotic petrified ... [Published Mail Online UK - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Handbags, Macaque, US Customs and Border Protection

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Agents foil smuggling try while Customs officers arrest man wanted for murder

Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector arrested a suspected smuggler attempting to transport methamphetamine and cocaine through a checkpoint, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a man wanted on an Alabama murder case.According ... [Published Yuma Sun - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Homicide, Smuggling, Border Patrol, Arrests, Methamphetamine

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

San Luis CBP Officers Stop Cocaine Smuggler

The drugs and vehicle were seized. NuÃ±ez was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementâs Homeland Security Investigations.Individuals arrested may be charged by complaint, the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity, ... [Published U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Cocaine, US Department of Homeland Security, Competent Evidence

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

California man wanted in Alabama arrested in Ariz.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 50-year-old Jose Manuel Martinez was taken into custody and turned over to San Luis police.They say Martinez is from Delano, Calif.CBP officers arrested Martinez on Friday after a records check ... [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 21 2013]

Entities: José Manuel Martínez, US Customs and Border Protection, Homicide

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

CBP's Agricultural Specialists Stop Unpasteurized Cheese from Entering U.S.

Lukeville, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Port of Lukeville discovered nearly 223 pounds of undeclared, unpasteurized cheese in a passenger vehicle May 6.CBP officers referred a vehicle with California plates ... [Published U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - May 20 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, US Customs and Border Protection, United States

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Accreditation and Approval of Quality Custom Inspections & Laboratories, LLC, as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Quality Custom Inspections & Laboratories, LLC, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils for customs purposes ... [Published Zecco - May 20 2013]

Entities: US Customs and Border Protection, Scientific Services (Marine), Petroleum

Blogs

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Lockheed Martin team delivers upgraded P-3 Orio... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Mar 11 2013] Lockheed Martin engineers have delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) a P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications.The P-3 MLU replaces all fatigue life-limiting structure with enhanced-design components and includes a new ...
New Immigration Bill- Will US Military Take Ord... [Published Breitbart Feed - Apr 24 2013] Additional questions and concerns about the U.S. Senate's bipartisan immigration reform bill, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act continue to swirl among critics of the proposed legislation, and now some are questioning ...
Two Women Caught At JFK Airport Wearing Cocaine... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - Jan 31 2013] Surprisingly, a homemade diaper is not the best way to smuggle 6 1/2 kilos of cocaine into the country. Two women from the Bronx were arrested after they were caught allegedly trying to smuggle 6 1/2 kilos cocaine through JFK customs in duct-taped d ...
King: Customs was not equipped to monitor stude... [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 05 2013] (CNN) – Customs officials have not had the technology to determine whether foreign students entering the United States were in compliance with their visas, Rep. Peter King, former chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said Sunday on CNN's "State ...
Privacy and Cloud Computing, and More from CRS [Published Secrecy News - Mar 25 2013] New and updated products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made readily available to the public include the following. Cloud Computing: Constitutional and Statutory Privacy Protections , March 22, 2013 The National Broadband ...

Audio/Video

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Automates Fo... [Published US Department of State - YouTube Channel - May 06 2013]
Top Five Most Counterfeited Products in America [Published WSJ.com Video - Business - Jan 29 2013]
New generation of terrorists [Published CNN.com - Video - Jan 23 2013]
Targeting Terrorists [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 07 2013]
Syrian rebels or terrorists? [Published CNN.com - Video - Dec 11 2012]

Press Releases

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Decision Boo... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Dec 06 2012]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Decision Boo... [Published Business Wire Public Policy/Government News - Dec 06 2012]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Decision Boo... [Published Business Wire Defense News - Dec 06 2012]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Decision Boo... [Published EON Computers & Technology - Dec 06 2012]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Decision Boo... [Published EON Government & Public Policy - Dec 06 2012]