High school students in South Carolina are learning about Gullah Geechee culture and history through the lens of food. Field trips, archival research, and culinary experiences are connecting students to their heritage and the significance of traditional dishes.
Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, NJ, faces accusations of arbitrary and cruel dress code enforcement against visitors, including young children. Families report being denied visits for clothing deemed "provocative" or violating undefined "gang color" rules, leading to distress and separation. Activists are providing free clothes to circumvent these policies.
India is reviewing the extension of customs duty relief on critical raw material imports beyond June 30. An inter-ministerial panel will discuss easing curbs on inputs, consider new duties on local electronics, and evaluate requests from the pharma and steel sectors.
India's Finance Ministry has granted retrospective customs duty relief on specified nuclear power generation equipment imported between April 1, 2019, and January 31, 2026. This move exempts eligible imports from past duty demands, regularizing shipments and providing certainty to importers.
Yiwu Customs official Chen Bingge revealed three key "small keys" to Yiwu's small commodity export success: pioneering market procurement trade methods, expanding logistics channels with a multi-modal network, and optimizing supervision by moving inspections before shipment.
Qingyuan Customs reported that in the first five months of this year, Qingyuan City's exports of printing equipment and supplies, including printers, copiers, and toner, reached 32.947 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of over 130%. The customs actively guides enterprises on compliance, certification, and environmental regulations to boost competitiveness.
Three Singaporeans and three companies face charges over an alleged S$23 million scheme to falsely declare Chinese-made mattresses as Singaporean exports to the US, evading anti-dumping duties. Singapore Customs is investigating.
Hong Kong customs arrested six people over the alleged smuggling and online sale of counterfeit Fifa World Cup merchandise, valued at HK$156 million (US$20 million). The operation seized 230,000 items, including jerseys, shoes, and bags.
Hong Kong customs arrested six people for smuggling and selling counterfeit Fifa World Cup merchandise worth an estimated US$20 million. The operation seized 230,000 items, including jerseys, shoes, and bags.
US authorities are refunding billions in customs duties following a Supreme Court decision that invalidated President Trump's global tariffs. May saw $22 billion in refunds, with $166 billion more being processed, impacting the budget deficit.
President Trump signed a $70 billion bill funding ICE and CBP through his term, overcoming Democratic opposition via budget reconciliation. The bill faced delays due to concerns over aggressive enforcement and a controversial "anti-weaponization" fund.
Hong Kong customs arrested a 39-year-old truck driver and seized HK$10 million (US$1.27 million) in smuggled goods, including weight-loss injections and fish maw, at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge crossing.
Hospitality and food service workers in Los Angeles, Seattle and Philadelphia, represented by Unite Here, are warning of potential strikes during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Unions are seeking wage increases above $30 per hour, protections from immigration enforcement, improved health coverage and better staffing as contracts expire or near expiration.
Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born US legal permanent resident and president of Wisconsin's largest mosque, claims he's being denied adequate medical care for his diabetes while detained by ICE, leading to a 30-pound weight loss in two months. His attorneys argue the detention is baseless and retaliatory for his criticism of Israel.
A Treasury inspector general report highlights concerns about ICE's ability to protect taxpayer data after a 2025 agreement with the IRS to share information for immigration investigations led to errors and questionable matches.
After a 15-year legal process, 38,000 pairs of counterfeit trainers from China were destroyed in Le Havre, France, due to customs laws prohibiting resale or redistribution of seized counterfeit goods, highlighting the ongoing issue of counterfeiting and its attraction to organized crime.
Janette Zahia Corcelius, a US citizen and labor organizer, was detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, had her phone seized by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and political literature confiscated after returning from Europe. The seizure is alleged to target her opposition to ICE raids, sparking a lawsuit claiming Fourth Amendment violations and systematic targeting of left-wing activists by CBP using counterterrorism tools.
An Izmailovsky District Court sentenced a Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS) captain to 12 years in prison for selling information about goods crossing the state border. The captain was found guilty of accepting bribes and unauthorized access to computer information, and also fined three times the bribe amount.
Following Supreme Court defeats, Donald Trump's administration is shifting from impulsive Truth Social announcements to a quiet, patient customs strategy. New tariffs, potentially using Section 301, could be more drastic and lasting than previous ones, targeting forced labor and unfair trade practices.
Huangpu Customs has successfully implemented a "cloud issuance" system for animal health certificates, enabling the swift export of 10,000 chicks to Hong Kong. This digital process significantly reduces processing time and ensures the quality and safety of live poultry destined for the market.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will reinstate 72-day training for new officers starting July 1st, following criticism that standards were lowered to expedite hiring. A former ICE lawyer alleged the program was "deficient, defective and broken."
Customs agents at Nice Airport, France's third-largest, are intensifying checks on 40,000 daily travelers for fraud, counterfeiting, money laundering, and drug trafficking as the summer season begins. The open nature of Nice's access routes makes it a challenging environment for surveillance.
Russia's Federal Customs Service seized nearly 8 million counterfeit items in 2025, a rise from 2021, despite changes to parallel import lists. Deputy Head Tatyana Merkushova stated the focus is on combating fakes, not original parallel imports.
The Egyptian gold market is experiencing a slowdown following a 10% increase in manufacturing fees on gold jewelry by customs. While the official implementation is set for July, many stores have already adopted the new rates, impacting sales and shifting consumer preference towards gold bars.
