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Last Updated: June 14, 2021 | Publication

CIS Ombudsman's Recommendations 2005

CIS Ombudsman's 2005 Recommendations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Last Updated: October 9, 2020 | Press Releases

News Release: DHS Awards Twin Solution for E-Commerce Shipment Traceability

Funding awarded to Spherity GmbH to develop capability to enhance supply chain traceability of direct-to-consumer e-commerce shipments.

Last Updated: December 12, 2019 | Press Releases

News Release: Prize Winners Announced in $1.55M Opioid Challenge

Today, DHS S&T, the White House ONDCP, CBP, and USPIS announced the grand prize winner and runner-up in the Opioid Detection Challenge, a $1.55 million global prize competition for rapid, nonintrusive detection tools that will help find illicit opioids in international mail.

Last Updated: January 25, 2018 | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Exploiting Vulnerabilities in International Mail Security”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen addresses the of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous illicit drugs, including synthetic opioids, into the United States, specifically through international mail and express consignment carrier shipments.

Last Updated: September 7, 2017 | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing titled “Examining the Shipment of Illicit Drugs in International Mail”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen addresses the role of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous illicit drugs into the United States, specifically through international mail and express consignment carrier shipments. 

Last Updated: May 17, 2011 | Site Page

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