BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Entry seized a firearm in a vehicle that was encountered at the Peace Bridge. Yesterday, CBP …
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DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted sex offender and a convicted murderer shortly after they illegally entered the United States, …
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LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station together with law enforcement partners shut down a stash house yielding the apprehension of several undocumented individuals …
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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted four human smuggling attempts resulting in 34 arrests. On March 16, at approximately 12:00 p.m., McAllen Border Patrol …
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U.S. Democrats introduce bill to curb Russian crypto use amid Ukraine crisis
by Reutersby ReutersBy Hannah Lang – Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would enable the president to sanction foreign cryptocurrency firms doing business with sanctioned Russian entities and prevent …
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By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH – Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group does not expect a material negative impact on its sales or regarding access to raw materials following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, …
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PARIS – The Ukraine crisis could knock more than a percentage point off global growth this year and add two and a half percentage points to inflation, the OECD estimated …
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CBP Officers, Agriculture Specialists Seize 124 Pounds of Prohibited Fresh Pork, Poultry Meat at Laredo Port of Entry
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists at Laredo Port of Entry in a single enforcement action seized over 120 pounds of prohibited fresh pork and poultry …
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PEMBROOK PINES, Fla — Walter N. Slosar has been appointed as the new Chief Patrol Agent of the Miami Sector Headquarters. Chief Slosar officially entered on duty in this capacity …
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HAMLIN, ME – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be reducing the hours of operations for the Hamlin Port of Entry (POE) from 6 a.m. – 10 p.m. to 6 …
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NORFOLK, VA— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Norfolk received information about possible narcotics that were onboard a vessel due to arrive at the seaport. …
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PARIS – The French government presented on Wednesday a new round of measures to help households, companies, farmers and fishermen cope with the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. …
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Ukraine crisis may reshape role of central bank digital currency, says ex-BOJ official
by Reutersby ReutersBy Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – Sanctions imposed on Russia could prod more countries like China to look at central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as a tool to …
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Haitian vessel in Summerland Key MIAMI— CBP Air and Marine Operations, the U.S. Border Patrol, CBP Office of Field Operations, USCG along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners respond …
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CBP Officers Seize over $1 Million in Methamphetamine at the Hidalgo International Bridge
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $1,100,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine. “Our CBP officers used all of our available …
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EL PASO, Texas – In the first two weeks of March, U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the El Paso Sector encountered more than 13 migrants with extensive criminal records and …
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Japan March manufacturers’ mood up, Ukraine crisis clouds outlook – Reuters Tankan
by Reutersby ReutersBy Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Japanese manufacturers’ business confidence improved for the first time in three months in March, as automakers became less pessimistic, though firms feared a fresh surge …
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EU to subsidise household fuel prices surging amid Ukraine crisis
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS – EU finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to subsidise household fuel prices and offer support to companies hit by surging energy prices as a result of …
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By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – In times of crisis, not much in financial markets roars “safe haven” louder than the Japanese yen. But in the three weeks of market …
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McAllen, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reopened the Rio Grande Valley Centralized Processing Center (CPC) in McAllen, Texas after extensive renovations that dramatically improved CBP’s ability to …
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Border Patrol and New York State Police thwarts human smuggling attempt in upstate New York
PLATTSBURGH, New York – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Champlain Border Patrol Station apprehended seven individuals in connection with a failed smuggling attempt early Sunday morning. On March 6, …
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A CBP agriculture specialist inspects a shipmentof prohibited meat products. LOS ANGELES—The seizures of prohibited meat products from China continue at levels never seen before at the Los Angeles/Long Beach …
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VIDEO RELEASE: Air and Marine Operations Black Hawk Rescue from the Baboquivari Mountains
Editors note: click on photo for video. TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) extracted two migrants suffering from hypothermia in the Baboquivari …
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SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle narcotics through an immigration checkpoint, early Friday morning. Agents found 40 packages …
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Brownsville CBP Agriculture Specialists Intercept First in Nation Pest in Spanish Moss
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Agriculture Specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a rare “First in Nation” pest in Spanish …