Operation Red Zone seized $13.6 million in fake NFL merchandise this season by Peter Quinter, guest columnist US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in cooperation with Special Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) of the US Department of...
Out of Pocket
An unexpected expense of international travel: having CBP seize your cash by Peter Quinter, guest columnist Below is a picture of a United States Treasury check. Not just any check, but a check payable to a client whose money was seized by US Customs and Border...
Lessons from Bootcamp
Notes on a crash course in creating Export Management & Compliance Programs by Peter A. Quinter & Melissa Groisman, guest columnists Last month, Peter Quinter, Chair of the Customs and International Trade Law Group at GrayRobinson, joined Jonathan Barnes,...
Exporting? Odds Are You’ll Cross the Line
Peter Quinter cautions companies in LexisNexis webinar on export compliance “I don’t care how big a company you are, how small a company you are, how many lawyers you have on staff—compliance people on staff—sooner or later the chances are pretty good that every...
Cautionary Tale
Customs broker charged with using “in-bond” cover to avoid import duties by Peter Quinter, guest columnist In a criminal complaint unsealed on July 25, 2012, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego announced that it had charged...
C-TPAT Twofer
US, EU agree to recognize each other’s trusted traders: C-TPAT, AEO members by Peter Quinter, guest columnist US Customs and Border Protection’s very successful Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program has over 12,000 members in the United States....
A Better-Balanced CBP Regulation
Intent is to protect the rights of trademark holders and legitimate importers by Peter Quinter, guest columnist Finally, after years of debate, on April 24 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) amended its regulations regarding the detention and seizure of suspected...
Getting Out of Detention
Clearing red-listed seafood through the FDA? There’s a procedure for that. by Peter Quinter, guest columnist The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues “Import Alerts” almost daily. A recent one that affects many seafood importers is Import Alert #16-81, issued...
New How-to on FDA Compliance
Handbook offers advice from leading lawyers Peter Quinter, partner in charge of the Customs and International Trade Law Departments at Becker & Poliakoff, and frequent guest columnist on Datamyne’s blog, is a contributing author to a new handbook on legal...
More Bank Accounts Seized
Allegations of trade-based money laundering on the rise by Peter Quinter, guest columnist This past year has seen an explosion of seizures of bank accounts by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Homeland...