Just outside the Tatopani customs office, I saw for myself two impounded trucks with illegal cargoes of red sandalwood.
The edible oil factory, a big flour mill, the hospital and customs office have totally collapsed - apparently blown up.
The Afghan government had issued directives to customs officers to help speed the process, said Mohammad Zaher Ansari, deputy director of the Afghan customs office in Hairaton, the crossing into Uzbekistan.
Hoping to complete a more thorough examination, the agents sent one camera and the two computers to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Tucson.
"We've seen a huge spike in smuggling by water, " Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Diego, said in 2009.
"This kind of technology can be very alluring, " said Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition.
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.
Business rates are set by the Valuation Office Agency for HM Revenue and Customs and are paid through the city council to the government.
The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus bataar was looted from Mongolia's Gobi Desert and brought to the United States illegally, the U.S. Attorney's Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a joint statement Monday.
CNN: U.S. seeks to return Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia
For added convenience, Wahlberg had a new Cadillac Escalade transformed into a mobile office by California-based aftermarket specialists West Coast Customs.
Among its members are Customs and Excise representatives, the police, the NIO, Home Office and the Inland Revenue.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Clampdown on illegal fuel
The "nearly complete" skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus bataar -- also known as a Tarbousaurus bataar -- was turned over to representatives of the government of Mongolia by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. attorney's office in a New York City repatriation ceremony.
The investigation, known as Operation Loft, was conducted jointly with the Republic's Office of the Revenue Commissioners and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
BBC: Major cross-border operation against illegal fuel trade
Last November, it emerged that 25m child benefit records had been lost after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sent two unregistered and unencrypted discs to the National Audit Office.
Bribes are expected at every level: when collecting a package at the post office, getting a permit to start a business, collecting shipments at customs, getting hospital care, or seeking admission to a school or college.
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