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U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov
An agency of the U.S. Treasury Department, The United States Customs Service is the primary enforcement agency protecting the Nation's borders. It is the only border agency with an extensive air, land, and marine interdiction force and with an investigative component supported by its own intelligence branch.
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Report on U.S. Customs' investigation of Haitian drug smuggling ring
Discusses smuggling techniques aboard vessels.
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The constant change in concealment methods
Lists ways in which drug smugglers attempt to conceal their narcotics.
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Smuggler's Photo Gallery
Click on "smuggler's photo gallery" to see several photos of money and drug concealment smuggling techniques.
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Photo Gallery: Busted
A series of photos with captions illustrating a bust of drug smugglers.
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| Southeast Asian Heroin Smuggling Methods: Containerized Cargo (September 2001)
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Ecstasy: Rolling Across Europe--Trafficking Methods (2001)
Discusses Ecstasy trafficking methods, including by commercial air, rail, road, express mail, and air and sea cargo.
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The Mexican Heroin Trade-Summary of Cross-Border Heroin Smuggling Methods (2000)
Briefly describes ways in which heroin is smuggled by traffickers from Mexico, Colombia, Southwest Asia and Southeast Asia.
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BC Bud: The Growth of the Canadian Marijuana Trade
Discusses routes and methods traffickers use to transport marijuana from Canada into the U.S. (beginning on page five).
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Measuring the Deterrent Effect of Enforcement Operations on Drug Smuggling (1991-1999)
Features information and actual excerpts from interviews with drug smugglers about various techniques they employ in trafficking narcotics. (Adobe Acrobat File)
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Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board (2001)
Outlines the use of new technologies by drug traffickers, money launderers and other organized crime groups.
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