C-TPAT Members Warned of Increase in Smuggling in Commercial Shipments from Mexico

U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent to members of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism March 22 a message stating that in the past few weeks it has detected an increase in narcotic and human smuggling seizures in commercial shipments (both C-TPAT and non-C-TPAT) originating in Mexico and entering through several southwest border ports. CBP is cautioning importers, foreign manufacturers, Mexican long-haul carriers and U.S./Mexico highway carriers that drug trafficking organizations may target all entities involved in the supply chain regardless of the commodity being transported.

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