customs officials

Port entry enforcers

Customs officials are government employees who inspect goods and people entering a country.

They enforce import and export laws, collect duties and tariffs, and prevent smuggling of contraband.

At borders and ports of entry, customs officials examine luggage, cargo, and documentation: The customs officials searched every bag for undeclared items.

Related

duty · duty free · tariff · smuggler · inspection · random search · port of entry · passport · travel documents · checkpoint · declaration · green channel · seizure · import ban · nothing to declare

Opposites
border crossing role

customs officialssmugglers

Illegal goods transporters

bootleggers · immigration lawyers · coyotes · mules · customs brokers

legal status of cross-border activity

customs officialssmugglers

Illegal goods transporters

traffickers · black marketeers

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
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