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Customs Minister Hayat Yazici said the Yayladagi gate, some 90 km (55 miles) from Reyhanli, would remain closed for a month, during which only Turkish citizens arriving from Syria or non-Syrians transiting through Turkey would be allowed to cross. Nobody ...and more »

BERLIN - A monkey which belonged to popstar Justin Bieber has become German national property after the singer failed to provide authorities with the documents needed to reclaim the pet seized by customs officials. Bieber had until Friday to hand in the ...and more »

The 24 people charged include the head of Ethiopia's revenue and customs authority, Melaku Fenta. They are accused of illegal trading and tax evasion. Ethiopia's top anti-corruption official, Ali Sulaiman, told parliament Tuesday that the suspects had been ...and more »

Most of those arrested are tax and customs officials and businessmen. Ali Sulaiman, the head of the commission, told parliament that the tax collections and customs sector have been identified as corruption-prone areas that hold back the country's economy.and more »

“We are closely observing and controlling the border gates between Syria and Turkey. We have closed the Yayladagi border gate after the sad event in [the border town of] Reyhanli to prevent suspects from fleeing,” a statement from Turkish Customs Minister ...and more »

Standard Life this week agreed to pay all its customers' platform rebate tax liabilities for 2013 after admitting it was surprised by HM Revenue & Customs' decision to tax platform rebates. The move sees Standard pay all liabilities for the rest of the year relating ...and more »

"Kyiv and Moscow are in talks on granting Ukraine the observer status in the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Commission. The Ukrainian negotiators are led by Vice-Premier Yuri Boiko. The talks proceed successfully ...

The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs in March when the 19-year-old Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich for a European tour. Authorities issued an order ...and more »

It uses the Traveler Enforcement Compliance System (TECS), which flows into the Interagency Border Inspection System and the Automated Targeting System – lists used by the US Customs and Border Protection for border and port security. FBI. Its National ...

In a symbolic initiative underlining the inmost relationship between World Customs Organization (WCO) and Dubai Customs, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, visited during WCO annual conference held in Dubai between 14 and 16 May 2013, ...

A metal replica of a Suffragette's badge which was seized by British customs after it arrived from Australia en route to an exhibition has finally gone on display. The Holloway prison badge which is owned by Australian MP, Frances Bedford, was awared to ...and more »

... but even he cannot get around customs officials. Customs at Munich airport confiscated his pet monkey in March, and even though he has decided that he doesn't want the monkey back, the sorry episode is going to cost the pop star thousands of euros.and more »

A FARMER's cooperative has filed criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against a Customs district collector for implementing allegedly questionable bidding procedures in connection with the recent bidding of 94,000 ...

Google is in trouble with HM Revenue and Customs and it could get ugly unless the internet giant starts to change the conversation. Arif Durrani: head of media, Campaign / editor of Media Week. Nobody likes paying tax, but in the current climate, and with a ...and more »

The government's main private sector partner against oil smuggling called for a fast but fair resolution of the raps being faced by listed Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. and a Customs broker amid an existing court stay order. “We hope that the hearing of the ...and more »

The baby primate, Mally, was seized by German customs authorities in March and Bieber was directed to submit some papers such as vaccination and import records to get the capuchin back, Radar Online reported. But customs representatives have said that ...and more »

Inutayi Itabiyi was at the Iwe-Iroyin Press Centre in Abeokuta on Wednesday morning to express his grievances to journalists, and demand for justice. Mr. Inutayi appealed to the federal government to prevail on the Ogun Area Command of Nigeria Customs ...

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued a report that states HM Revenue & Customs failure to reach a government target of reducing tax credit fraud has cost the UK taxpayer £5 billion. The government requested in its 2010 spending review that ...and more »

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has missed its target to reduce tax credit error and fraud by a “wide margin”, according to MPs. In a report published today (22 May), the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that the UK's tax department has made “little ...and more »

The report also notes that its figures don't necessarily reflect the total number of immigrants detained by ICE or turned over to its custody by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which includes the U.S. Border Patrol. “It is important to note that if Customs ...and more »

NEARLY 35,000 tax credits claimants in Cumbria are being warned by customs officials about phishing scams as the deadline approaches for renewals. During last year's tax credits renewals period, from April to July, nearly 22,000 phishing emails were ...and more »

WCO expert Theodorus Hesselink and the expert with the customs policy department at the Ministry of Finance of Poland Ewa Krawczyk came to Minsk on the request of the Belarusian SCC to discuss the ways of optimization of transport, veterinary, ...

Trade Minister Hayati Yazici, who is in charge of customs, announced the measure. ''We have decided to close the crossing after the attack considering that security risks are high'', he said. According to Yazici, security systems at the crossing are insufficient ...and more »

The country's highest court rejected an appeal by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs today on how that relief is calculated, handing another victory to Britain's largest clothing retailer in its decade-long legal battle. M&S wants to use losses at the units to offset ...and more »

A NEATH-BASED AM has called on the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to halt its plans to close all of its inquiry centres in West Wales by May next year. HMRC is planning to shut all 281 inquiry centres in the country next year, with tax advice and inquiry ...and more »